{"id":386598,"date":"2026-01-04T00:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:13:08","slug":"houston-rockets-add-2-time-ncaa-champion-before-mavs-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386598\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets add 2-time NCAA Champion before Mavs matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets add 2-time NCAA Champion before Mavs matchup<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Houston Rockets<\/a> have made a roster move on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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As the team prepares for its matchup against the Dallas Mavericks<\/a>, the Rockets have added Tristen Newton. According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype<\/a>, the Rockets are bringing him in on a two-way contract.<\/p>\n

Newton\u2019s most recent run was with the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>\u2019 organization. He was picked up by the Wolves one year ago, remaining on a two-way deal throughout the remainder of the 2024-2025 NBA season.<\/p>\n

Back in the fall, the Wolves parted ways with Newton. Although they waived him following the preseason, Newton stuck with the organization\u2019s G League affiliate.<\/p>\n

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Last season, Newton impressed in the G League by posting averages of 16.6 points, 6.6 assists, and 6.5 rebounds, while shooting 40 percent from the field.<\/p>\n

In his first five games of the G League regular season this year, Newton shot 54 percent from the field, producing 28.6 points per game and averaging 5.4 rebounds and 7.0 assists.<\/p>\n

Prior to his run with the Timberwolves, Newton had a successful college career at East Carolina and UConn. During his two-year run at UConn, he was a two-time NCAA Champion.<\/p>\n

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In 2024, Newton entered the NBA as the 49th overall pick to the Indiana Pacers<\/a>. Last season, he appeared in eight NBA games, between the Pacers and the Timberwolves. He averaged just two minutes on the court.<\/p>\n

The Rockets are set to take the court on Saturday night for an 8:30 PM ET matchup. They will face the Mavericks for the third time this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets add 2-time NCAA Champion before Mavs matchup originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,2695,8223,2697,38133,14102,459,82,164227],"class_list":{"0":"post-386598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-indiana-pacers","13":"tag-michael-scotto","14":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-tristen-newton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}