<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Garrison Mathews opens up about receiving his first long-term NBA contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Rockets-Garrison-Matthews-.jpeg"></figure><h1>Garrison Mathews opens up about receiving his first long-term NBA contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-19T05:54:59-08:00">December 19th, 5:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-19T05:55:33-08:00">December 19th, 5:55am</time><address><a>Salman Ali</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Rockets defeated the Detroit Pistons in a tough 11 a.m. contest Saturday night and the story of the game was Garrison Mathews. Mathews had just signed his first long-term NBA contract hours before and followed it up with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and 1 block on 6 of 12 shooting from the floor. He also made 4 of the 9 three-pointers he attempted, the very trait that delivered him this contract. Mathews was just playing with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the G League last month and has now started in 11 games for the Rockets. Stories like that are rare from two-way contract guys, which is why it was ironic of him to replace one of the last two-way guys that was like this: Danuel House.</p><p>“It’s a good message,” said Stephen Silas on the signing. “It’s a message that organizationally we’re aligned as far as our G League team and our Rockets team. It says that if you play well then you will be rewarded.”</p><p>It’s hard to argue Garrison Mathews didn’t make this contract a no-brainer for Houston. In addition to playing his way into the starting lineup, his introduction spaced the floor to such an extent, the Rockets opened up a seven-game winning streak. He’s averaging 12.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.8 steals per game and shooting 36.8% from three-point range for Houston. He’s also just been a ball of energy with a pension for making big plays in key moments (shots, dunks, drawn-charges, etc..).</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Garrison takes it all the way! 😤 <a href="https://t.co/7a7iETJQYH" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/7a7iETJQYH</a></p><p>— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/1472279920831344647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 18, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>“It felt great,” said Garrison Mathews on receiving the contract. “It was funny. I got a text from Fred Katz (reporter who covered the Washington Wizards while Mathews was there) that said ‘Congrats’ and I was like ‘What?’.  Because I didn’t know it hit the media yet. So, I’m super thankful. Very blessed to be in this situation.”</p><p>Mathews was aware<a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/1472279920831344647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1472279920831344647%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1589076action%3Dedit" rel="noopener"> that he was getting a </a>four year, $8.2 million contract from the Rockets, but he didn’t know that the news broke until he took a break from playing video games on Friday night to check social media.</p><p>“It’s been a long road,” said Mathews. “It’s taken a lot of hard work, a lot of people keeping me focused. I wouldn’t be able to do it without the people around me. It’s been tough. A lot of people don’t know the situations and everything I had to go through to get here.”</p><p>Although it was a shrewd move, it didn’t cost the Rockets anything to pick Mathews off of the waiver wire. However, it did require a lot of internal belief for Mathews to get a starting spot in a matter of two weeks with the team. The Rockets bet on him, that bet paid off, and both parties will go home better for it. It was your classic case of creating an asset out of a roster spot.</p><p>“And I’m super blessed and thankful for the opportunity,”  said Garrison Mathews. “The owners, Rafael [Stone], and everybody’s had my back since I’ve gotten here. And I’m very thankful for that.”</p><p>Mathews revealed that he was reluctant to sign his original two-way contract with the Boston Celtics. His agent, David Bauman, had to talk him out of quitting basketball to pursue something else. Bauman sold Mathews on the idea that it would be his best chance to eventually get a standard NBA deal. It looks like some pretty solid advice right now.</p><p>“I was honestly quite tired of it,” said Garrison Mathews on the process. “It’s a tough contract to be on. It’s tough fighting your way into the league like that. I felt and the people around me felt that I had done enough the year prior to get a standard contract and it just didn’t work out this summer. I was frustrated. In my mind, I was like ‘Man it’s never going to come.”</p><p>And obviously, it came. His journey should be a fun one to follow over the next few years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Garrison Mathews opens up about receiving his first long-term NBA contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grading Rockets signing Garrison Mathews to four-year deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Rockets-Garrison-Mathews.jpeg"></figure><h1>Grading Rockets signing Garrison Mathews to four-year deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-18T06:56:10-08:00">December 18th, 6:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-18T06:56:31-08:00">December 18th, 6:56am</time><address><a>Salman Ali</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was bound to happen at some point. It was just a matter of when and how. The Houston Rockets inked Garrison Matthews to a four-year deal.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">ESPN Sources: The Rockets are waiving forward Danuel House, allowing him to find a new team in the final year of his deal. Rockets are assigning his minutes to younger players and won’t hold him on roster to wait on a finding a deadline trade.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1472051332467023880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 18, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>On Friday night, the Houston Rockets waived forward Danuel House, a pretty clear indication of their next move. Soon after, <a href="https://twitter.com/espn_macmahon/status/1472051447609147392?s=20">Tim MacMahon of ESPN reported</a> that the Rockets would convert swingman Garrison Mathews from his two-way contract to a four-year, $8.2 million contract. According to <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/rockets/article/Rockets-to-waive-Danuel-House-Jr-16711709.php">Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle</a>, the deal is fully guaranteed for the remainder of this year. Mathews three final years, however, will be non-guaranteed with the final year being a team option worth $2.2 million.</p><p>Essentially, Mathews will be earning a little more than the minimum annually. Houston will have to dip into their mid-level exception to complete this deal, but that’s been sitting there for them all season to use and they still have money left.</p><p><b>Grade: B+</b></p><p>After getting waived by the Boston Celtics, Garrison Mathews has become one of the coolest stories in the NBA this season. The Rockets promptly picked him up on his two-way contract and put him to work after a short time in the G League. He’s averaging 12.3 points and 3.5 rebounds on 62.1% true shooting for Houston in a starting role. He’s also playing 28.8 minutes per game, one of the highest on the team. His floor spacing (career 38.1% three-point shooter) has completely opened up the Rockets offense and he’s brought great energy.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">GARY BIRD🔒  <br>Back-to-back great defensive plays vs James Harden.  </p><p>Undrafted Garrison Mathews is averaging 16 PTS (52% FG) over the Rockets' 7-game win streak. <a href="https://t.co/KLd9jwHkYs" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/KLd9jwHkYs</a></p><p>— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1468944565759528971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 9, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Houston was always going to convert Garrison Mathews to a long-term contract. It was just a matter of when and how they would eventually create the roster spot to do so. Mathews gives himself some financial security this season with this deal and the Rockets get a ton of team control on an already bargain contract. It’s a good piece of business for both sides to get done.</p><p>Danuel House was an obvious name thrown around when discussing the roster spot for Mathews. The Rockets have attempted to rebuild his value the past two seasons, but ran into some bad luck. This season, House’ foot injury prevented him from being showcased before the trade deadline. The Rockets would’ve loved taking back a second round pick for House, but there was just no market for him. Teams also likely knew he could be available to claim off waivers and the move allows House to sign with the team of his choice before the playoff deadline.</p><p>After his past two seasons with the team, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/houston-rockets/roster" rel="noopener">he needed a fresh start</a>. Ironically, House was one of the NBA’s early success stories for two-way contracts and got waived for another potential success story. He was a hometown native, a fan-favorite at one point, and just a good, confident player. He could handle the basketball, defend a little, and shoot off the dribble. It seems like the Orlando bubble changed all of that.</p><p>House <a href="https://twitter.com/SalmanAliNBA/status/1334235956912795651?s=20">owned up and apologized for his transgression</a>, but you could tell it haunted him. He talked about his mental health at the beginning of Rockets’ training camp this season and desperately wanted to put the incident behind him. He didn’t seem to have that swagger on the court that made him such a successful two-way player. House looked like a man in need of a fresh start and hopefully this allows him to get that. There’s still a good role player in there somewhere that a coach can use in a playoff run.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grading Rockets signing Garrison Mathews to four-year deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'VIDEO: Nets star James Harden’s injury scare after collision with Garrison Mathews');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/harden-3.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Nets star James Harden’s injury scare after collision with Garrison Mathews</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-21T17:41:04-07:00">March 21st, 5:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-21T17:41:04-07:00">March 21st, 5:41pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There was some concern surrounding James Harden after the Brooklyn Nets superstar appeared to have sustained a head injury in a collision with Garrison Mathews during Sunday’s matchup against the Washington Wizards.</p><p>Harden took a hard hit to the head as Mathews dove for a loose ball, which resulted in the former MVP staying on the ground for a considerable amount of time (h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp/status/1373792977781321730?s=21">ClutchPoints</a> on Twitter):</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This was the hit James Harden took at the end of the 1st half vs the Wizards. A shoulder to the head/neck. He's back on the floor in the 2nd half.<a href="https://t.co/Un4bja8Kum" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/Un4bja8Kum</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1373792977781321730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 22, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Harden was eventually able to get back on his feet, but he did look a bit dazed as he headed back to the locker room to get himself checked.</p><p>Fortunately, Harden was able to return to the game not long after, and unsurprisingly, he picked up just where he left off:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yeah, Harden is fine <a href="https://t.co/6s3PFLgSrn" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/6s3PFLgSrn</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Nets (@TalkinNets) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinNets/status/1373792836588552195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 22, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Harden isn’t completely out of the woods just yet, though. The Nets will likely do additional tests on him after the game, and hopefully, the head collision doesn’t result in any missed time for the Brooklyn superstar.</p><p>This is especially the case since Blake Griffin finally made his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-blake-griffin-like-kid-christmas-eve-ahead-debut/" rel="noopener">much-awaited debut</a> for the Nets on Sunday against the Wizards. Kevin Durant appears to be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gets-encouraging-update-on-hamstring-injury/" rel="noopener">close to coming back</a>, and so long as Harden and Kyrie Irving remain healthy, Brooklyn’s four-headed monster is going to be coming to life real soon.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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