Nov 30, 2007 12:04 PM EST
Steve Nash surprisingly returned to Phoenix in the summer of 2004, so could he eventually return to Dallas?
"First of all, I'm happy in Phoenix," said Nash. "But I'd have no problem going back and playing for a team in Texas, even the Mavericks! It's not as though there was some irreconcilable divorce with Dallas; it was just best for me to move on at that time. I was wanted more in Phoenix; that's the way it is in sports. But if Phoenix doesn't want me one day, I have nothing against considering one of the Texas teams."
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Steve Francis almost joined the Clippers in the off-season. Instead, he signed a two-year deal with Houston, where he was a three-time All-Star before being traded to the Orlando Magic along with Cuttino Mobley in 2004.
"I had conversations with the Clippers, the coach; we had some deep conversations up until the last couple of days when I made a decision to come to Houston," Francis said Monday before the Rockets' 88-71 victory over the Clippers at Staples Center.
"I made an easier decision I thought was best for my family, my daughter, my wife. We have a home in Houston. We've been living there for seven, eight years."
Mobley, Francis' longtime friend, was a recruiter in the Clippers' attempt to land him.
Some in the Clippers' organization doubted they ever had a true shot at signing Francis, believing he wanted to play for a team with legitimate title aspirations and a dominant one-two punch in Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.
At the beginning of the season, he found himself questioning it. He did not play in 11 of the team's first 13 games and was buried deep on the depth chart.
"Of course, by me not playing the first 11, 12 games, I not only possibly thought of if I should've [come] here but Miami, or Dallas, or Cleveland," Francis said.
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The Clippers, mired in a 2-6 slide, will probably have the services of leading scorer Corey Maggette for tonight's game against the Houston Rockets.
Maggette, sidelined the last four games because of a strained right hamstring, was originally slated to miss two to three weeks. But he responded well to therapy, including laser treatment that penetrated the injured area.
"Last time, you heard it was supposed to be three weeks," Maggette said, speaking with reporters Sunday. "But everything is doing well, and I had the opportunity to rest it and get some good strengthening from therapists, and it's feeling good."
"Most likely, I'll be playing [against Houston]."
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Rockets Nov 2007 Archive
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 25, 2007
Bonzi Wells missed Saturday's game with a bruised bone in his right ankle that he suffered in the third quarter of Friday's game in Miami.
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ESPN | Nov 22, 2007
The NBA shifted Tim Duncan from center to forward on its All-Star ballot on Wednesday.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 20, 2007
Rockets' center Yao Ming met with Coach Rick Adelman after Monday's practice and without sharing anything from their conversation, sounded frustrated with his play in the losses to the Suns and Spurs.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 20, 2007
Tracy McGrady's return to the court Wednesday against Dallas could lead to Steve Francis' return to the bench.
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rockets.com | Nov 19, 2007
Before reaching Toyota Center for Saturday night's game against the Phoenix Suns, Tracy McGrady was convinced that he would be able to play after missing a game with a sprained right elbow.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 19, 2007
Failing to get off the bench is starting to take its toll on Rocket guard Steve Francis.
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San Antonio Express-News | Nov 17, 2007
Houston's Yao Ming was surprised to learn that the Spurs' Tim Duncan was on this year's All-Star ballot as a center rather than forward.
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ESPN | Nov 16, 2007
Rockets' guard Tracy McGrady is expected to miss about a week after spraining his right elbow against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.
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NBA.com | Nov 15, 2007
The Rockets will have to face the NBA's defending champions without Tracy McGrady.
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Yahoo.com | Nov 15, 2007
The Rockets may have lost more than a game on Wednesday night.
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nba.com | Nov 12, 2007
Yao Ming captured Western Conference Player of the Week honors on the heels of fellow Rocket Tracy McGrady taking home the season’s first award following NBA Opening Week.
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ESPN | Nov 12, 2007
Houston Rockets' center Yao Ming and guard Tracy McGrady have been called one of the NBA's best scoring tandems.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 12, 2007
Steve Francis, inactive through the season's first six games, was moved to the inactive list Sunday
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Press Release | Nov 12, 2007
The Rockets assigned second-year forward Steve Novak to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers Sunday, sending one of their own players to the NBA Developmental League for the first time.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 11, 2007
Second-year forward Steve Novak will be sent to the Rio Grand Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League on Monday, marking the first time the Rockets have used the option to send first- or second-year players to the D-League.
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NBA.com | Nov 10, 2007
The Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets game had a distinctly local flavor for NBA fans in China.
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Yahoo.com | Nov 10, 2007
Yao Ming thinks Yi Jianlian will be a better player than him some day.
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USA Today | Nov 10, 2007
"You ask me how good he can be? I can't say that. But I think he'll be better than me." -- Yao Ming on Yi Jianlian
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 9, 2007
Rockets' guard Tracy McGrady did not practice Thursday because of blisters on his right foot that had bothered him during games Monday and Tuesday.
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Sports Illustrated | Nov 8, 2007
In China, Friday night's game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets is expected to draw TV ratings that would put even a Super Bowl to shame.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Nov 8, 2007
Friday marks the day when Rockets' all-star center Yao Ming will be on the court against the Bucks and 7-foot rookie power forward Yi Jianlian, in a game that will receive intense media coverage in China.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 6, 2007
Rockets' guard Steve Francis said he appreciated fans in Toyota Center on Saturday calling for him to get playing time, but that it would not and should not influence coach Rick Adelman's decision-making about playing time.
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AP | Nov 6, 2007
After being a starter most of his first eight seasons in the NBA, Jason Terry is coming off the bench this year.
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NBA.com | Nov 5, 2007
The Indiana Pacers’ Danny Granger and the Houston Rockets’ Tracy McGrady today were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Tuesday, Oct.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 4, 2007
The game ended with Rockets' point guard Mike James on the floor while the sellout crowd at Toyota Center chanted loudly for Steve Francis to make his first appearance of the regular season.
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Houston Chronicle | Nov 3, 2007
Former Rockets' guard John Lucas III has come close to getting back in the league, but he has come up short a couple times.
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Yahoo.com | Nov 2, 2007
Tracy McGrady said he didn't hold a grudge against Utah for last season's opening-round loss in the playoffs.
