The Houston Rockets reached phrases on a buyout with ahead AJ Griffin, as the previous first-round draft choose plans to step away from the sport whereas pondering whether or not to proceed his NBA profession, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday.
Houston had acquired Griffin, 21, from the Atlanta Hawks for a second-round choose in June’s draft.
Griffin, the No. 16 choose in 2022 out of Duke, averaged 7.5 factors in 92 profession video games for the Hawks.
The Houston Chronicle first reported the buyout deal.
