The Houston Rockets have claimed point guard Jeremy Lin off waivers
The Houston Rockets have claimed 23-year old point guard Jeremy Lin off waivers from the Warriors. Lin played in 29 games (0 starts) as a rookie for the Warriors last year and he averaged 9.8 minutes, 2.6 points, 1.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Lin only shot 38.9% as a rookie last year. The Rockets are very deep at point guard with Kyle Lowry, Goran Dragic and Jonny Flynn ahead of Lin on the depth chart.
UPDATE: (12/27/2011) - The Rockets have waived Jeremy Lin and he has been claimed by the Knicks.
