Former LSU guard Brandon Sampson has landed with an NBA team.
Sampson is signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Houston Rockets on Tuesday (Oct. 9), a source confirmed to NOLA.com | The Times Picayune. The news was first reported by The Athletic.
The New Orleans Pelicans are set to open the regular season against the Rockets in Houston on Oct. 17.
Additionally, the source told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune that Sampson was originally set to join Houston in late September but it was delayed because of the murder of Sampson's former teammate, Wayde Sims.