The Rockets will stand pat (so far) with only 14 players on the roster. On Saturday, the team went ahead and released power forwards Arsalan Kazemi and center Joshua Smith.
Smith had seemed to be the favorite to stick around based on the health and size of the team. He would have added frontcourt depth and an almost comically big body to the big man rotation.
Maybe the Rockets all along have been telling us that they were only going to keep 14 players. After all, replacing a billboard is super expensive.