Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports that Erick Dampier’s agent, Michael Whitaker, has confirmed that the Rockets won’t sign Dampier. This ends a week of long speculation about where shooting guard Jermaine Taylor would be sent: nowhere.
Dampier may not have been a perfect match for the Rockets anyway, who in theory have plenty of frontcourt depth between Yao Ming, Luis Scola, Jordan Hill, Chuck Hayes, and Patrick Patterson.
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