Garrett Temple | TigerFan.com

houtiger · Oct 23, 2009

The Rockets made their first roster moves of the preseason, waiving guards Garrett Temple and Romel Beck. Temple, however, could be back with the organization, if not necessarily with the Rocketsteam.

The Rockets were impressed enough with Temple’s potential that they are likely to make Temple him an “allocation target” to get the NBA Development League rights to him, hoping to add him to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers roster.

The Vipers can consider players either from or who played collegiately in Texas or Louisiana to be regional picks and request to have their rights assigned to them. The Spurs, who own the Austin Toros, can also put in a claim on Temple, who is from Baton Rouge, La., and played at LSU.

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“I was very impressed with both those kids,” Rockets coach Rick Adelman said of Beck and Temple. “Both were great kids. Both showed they could play. Garrett was with us through the summer. He got better through the summer and in training camp. I didn’t get a chance to play him as much as I wanted to because of the people we were playing. Romel, I didn’t even know him. I know he played for San Antonio, but I didn’t see that (summer league) game... I was impressed with the way he approached every day, and when I did give him a chance, he played well.

“I think both of those guys have a chance. They have to stay with it .. Whether it’s overseas or in Developmental League, we know those guys... If something happens on our roster, they are people we’re going to look at because they know what we’re doing and they can step right in.”
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bhelmLSU · Oct 23, 2009

Ronarld Dupree was dropped from the Jazz today as well.