Rockets Sign JD Davison to Two-Year Deal, Elevate Guard to Standard Roster
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The Houston Rockets have moved guard JD Davison from a two-way contract to their standard 15-man roster, finalizing a two-year agreement, the team announced Wednesday at 2:55 p.m. ET.
Agent Corey Marcum informed ESPN’s Shams Charania of the deal earlier in the afternoon, and Varun Shankar of The Washington Post reported that the second season is a team option.
Davison, 23, has appeared in a career-high 27 games for Houston this season but has seen limited action, totaling 192 minutes. He is averaging 2.2 points and 1.0 assist in 7.1 minutes per game.
The promotion was necessary because the former Celtics guard had reached the two-way threshold of 50 total active games—27 in which he played and 23 in which he dressed but did not enter. Without the move, Davison would have been ineligible for any further appearances in the 2025-26 season.
Houston had also exhausted the league-mandated 90 combined “under-15” games allotted to its two-way players while carrying fewer than 15 standard contracts. By adding Davison to the full roster, the Rockets regain flexibility to use fellow two-way players Tristen Newton and Isaiah Crawford during the final week of the regular season and into the playoffs if necessary.
Davison spent his first three NBA seasons with Boston before joining Houston last summer.
Source: HoopsRumors
