Rockets trade forward to Bobcats for guard Bogans

The Houston Rockets acquired guard Keith Bogans from the Charlotte Bobcats on Thursday for forward Lonny Baxter.

The 6-foot-5 Bogans is averaging 8.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 steals in 39 games with Charlotte this season. He has started nine games and scored 10 or more points 17 times.

But Bogans has missed nine games after a right knee sprain at Milwaukee on Jan. 21.

The move reunites Bogans with his former Kentucky teammate, Chuck Hayes. Bogans played in 135 games at Kentucky between 2000-03, averaging 14.2 points and 4.1 rebounds. He finished fourth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,923 points.

In his pro career, Bogans has averaged 8.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 186 games with Orlando and Charlotte.

The 6-8 Baxter averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in 23 games with the Rockets. He signed as a free agent with Houston in September, after three NBA seasons with Chicago, Toronto, Washington and New Orleans.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2324675

Damn, so much for the shift of power.

Blockbuster.

This totally makes up for the Latham disaster.

Anderson wants answers

Rockets guard Derek Anderson said Wednesday he would ask for a meeting with coach Jeff Van Gundy today to find out why he has not been returned to the active roster.

Anderson said he has been ready to come back from a strained right calf for about a week.

"I don't know why I'm not playing," Anderson said. "I'm frustrated. I got in shape. I didn't go on the (two-game) trip, stayed back, worked on getting in shape. I hoped I would be playing today, but obviously I'm not. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow and see what my status is."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3646555.html

Not sure if this has anything to do with the trade but I found it interesting that he hasn't been activated even though he is healthy.