We’re going to welcome him with open arms.
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The Denver Nuggets traded him and a 2017 second-round pick to the Houston Rockets.
Once cleared, Lawson will have a big responsibility on his shoulders as he tries to help in getting things organized and hopefully, blend in well with stars like Harden and Dwight Howard.
James Harden (who recently agreed to a $200 million deal with Adidas) and the Houston Rockets are locked and loaded for another fantastic season and a deep playoff run.
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Lawson’s next court date is set for August. 20, per ESPN. Harden said he has already spent enough time with Lawson to be “not at all” concerned that Lawson will have similar issues. Years of watching the Houston Rockets operate showed that the National Basketball Association team is serious in maximizing James Harden’s skills – even going as far as pushing out Jeremy Lin, who is now with the Charlotte Hornets, out of the team because of the Chinese player’s inability to perform excellently despite the limited contact with the ball. He’s talking about how he’s more focused than before and he’s providing something the Rockets have been missing. Despite their lack of a quality point guard, the Rockets were still able to make the Western Conference Finals, and Morey is probably convinced that Lawson will put them over the hump. “He has a great opportunity with a really good team to showcase his talents and help us with that push that we need”, he told the newspaper, speaking Saturday from a basketball camp he was hosting. We have a lot of different lineups, a lot of options with this team. This is great news for Lawson and all reports that we received suggested that he handled rehab very well. In 2014-15, he appeared in 69 games for Houston, averaging 2.7 points and 4.0 rebounds in 12.4 minutes per game.
