Houston Rockets Press Release For Immediate Release October 29, 2012 1510 Polk Street • Houston, TX 77002 www.rockets.com • Twitter @RocketsPR Rockets Announce Roster Moves HOUSTON – Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has waived forward Jon Brockman, guard/forward Gary Forbes, guard/forward Lazar Hayward, forward JaJuan Johnson and guard Shaun Livingston. 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 James Harden. 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 Milwaukee Bucks on June 27, 2012, helping Houston move up to the 12th pick in the 2012 NBA Draft which was used to select Jeremy Lamb. 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 Boston Celtics 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 Cole Aldrich 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 Daequan Cook G 6-5 210 4/28/87 Ohio State/USA 5 10 Carlos Delfino G/F 6-6 230 8/29/82 Skipper Bologna/Argentina 7 15 Toney Douglas 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 Terrence Jones F 6-9 252 1/9/92 Kentucky/USA R 7 Jeremy Lin G 6-3 200 8/23/88 Harvard/USA 2 1 Scott Machado G 6-1 205 6/8/90 Iona/USA R 2 Marcus Morris 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 Chandler Parsons 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 Royce White F 6-8 260 4/10/91 Iowa State/USA R ~ A NEW AGE ~ Nelson Luis Tracey Hughes Bob Schranz Media Relations Director Media & Player Relations Sr. Manager Media Services Sr. Manager (713) 758-7337 (713) 758-7335 (713) 758-7206 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] .