Omer Asik
HOUSTON, TX - MAY 03: Kendrick Perkins #5 of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Omer Asik #3 of the Houston Rockets exchange words in Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at the Toyota Center on May 3, 2013 in Houston, Texas.
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With six weeks to go before Howard becomes an unrestricted free agent, the team that is said to intrigue him the most is the Houston Rockets, according to multiple people briefed on internal conversations surrounding Howard's free-agent decision ... The Rockets have a young star, James Harden, who has proved himself worthy of playing the leading role for the franchise; a budding 3-point shooting threat in Chandler Parsons; a defensive-minded coach in Kevin McHale; and Omer Asik, the kind of 7-footer Howard is believed to want next to him in the frontcourt.
I've been thinking of an idea for a TV show that would air during the NBA offseason. It's a sitcom called Launchpad , and it stars Chandler Parsons, Jeremy Lin, and James Harden as three buddies who all live in a Houston apartment together and Omer Asik as their wacky neighbor. All my friends say that they would watch the hell out of this show.More quotes »
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