Former UK forward Chuck Hayes will not be signing with the Houston Rockets, after all.
According to his agent, Hayes hopess to play this season but is also planning for a career in coaching/front office in the “near future”.
Free agent forward Chuck Hayes will not be signing with the Rockets as expected, his agent Calvin Andrews tells Yahoo pic.twitter.com/ClMbFJZyZm
— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) August 27, 2015
Here are more details on Hayes’ decision from Chron.com:
Chuck Hayes won’t be joining the Rockets.
After both sides said in July that Hayes would likely accept a partial guarantee on veteran minimum contract worth roughly $1.5 million, the situation changed for Hayes in Houston.
“I think when we came up with the agreement, after that point, they had some other activity, the Ty Lawson trade, the Jason Terry signing,” Hayes agent Calvin Andrews said. “That put Chuck in a precarious situation. The result of that squeezed him out of the equation.
“They had some cap stuff they were concerned with. We didn’t get into a lot of details. It’s a tough situation. It’s very disappointing. This is the business. These things happen.
“I commend them for telling us now as opposed to dragging us through camp. We’ll explore if there are other teams interested. He wants to continue to play. There’s multiple teams that want him to join his staff, including the Rockets, if that’s what he wants to do. He wants to continue to play.”
