Press Release For Immediate Release October 29, 2012

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Rockets Announce Roster Moves

HOUSTON – Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has waived forward , guard/forward Gary Forbes, guard/forward , forward JaJuan Johnson and guard . Each of these players were parts of trades involving players or picks coming back to the Rockets, all which aided in the recent trade with Oklahoma City to acquire guard .

Brockman (6-7, 255, Washington) and Livingston (6-7, 175, Peoria Central High School) were both acquired by the Rockets in a trade with the on June 27, 2012, helping Houston move up to the 12th pick in the 2012 NBA which was used to select .

Forbes (6-7, 220, Massachusetts) came to Houston via trade with Toronto on July 11, 2012, to acquire a future lottery pick from the Raptors.

Hayward (6-6, 225, Marquette) was part of the recent trade with the Thunder.

Johnson (6-10, 221, Purdue) was acquired by the Rockets from the as part of the Courtney Lee sign-and-trade on July 20, 2012, which also netted Charlotte’s 2013 second-round pick.

The Rockets roster now stands at 15 players and is listed below:

Houston Rockets 2012-2013 Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country NBA Exp. 31 C 6-11 240 10/31/88 Kansas/USA 2 3 Omer Asik C 7-0 255 7/4/86 Fenerbahçe S.K./Turkey 2 14 G 6-5 210 4/28/87 Ohio State/USA 5 10 Carlos Delfino G/F 6-6 230 8/29/82 Skipper Bologna/ 7 15 G 6-2 185 3/16/86 Florida State/USA 3 13 James Harden G 6-5 220 8/26/89 Arizona State/USA 3 6 F 6-9 252 1/9/92 Kentucky/USA R 7 G 6-3 200 8/23/88 Harvard/USA 2 1 Scott Machado G 6-1 205 6/8/90 Iona/USA R 2 F 6-9 235 9/2/89 Kansas/USA 1 20 Donatas Motiejunas F/C 7-0 222 9/20/90 Asseco Prokom/Lithuania R 25 F 6-9 227 10/25/88 Florida/USA 1 54 Patrick Patterson F/C 6-9 235 3/14/89 Kentucky/USA 2 4 Greg Smith C/F 6-10 250 1/8/91 Fresno State/USA 1 30 F 6-8 260 4/10/91 Iowa State/USA R

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