Four-year NBA veteran Caleb Houston signs the contract on Annex 10 with Trail Blazersaccording to Joe Freeman of The Oregonian (Link to Twitter), who says the forward is slated to eventually join Rip City Remix, Portland’s G-League affiliate.
The 32nd overall pick in the 2022 draft, Houston spent three years with Orlando and one with Atlanta, playing in 186 regular season games for the two Southeast teams. He shot the ball well from beyond the arc (37.8%), but provided limited overall output, including 3.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per contest.
Houston was in camp this month with the Pelicans on a non-guaranteed Exhibition 9 right is fighting for a spot on the regular season roster, but he was refused New Orleans earlier this week. As we noted at the time, his deal with the Pels did not appear Exhibition 10 language, so it didn’t appear that the organization planned to attach him to their G League affiliate, the Laketown Squadron. Instead, Houston is on its way to playing NBAGL team Portland this fall.
With four years of NBA service under his belt, Houston is no longer eligible for a two-way contract, but his Annex 10 deal will entitle him to a bonus of up to $91,000 on top of his G League salary if he spends at least 60 days with the Remix.
If Houston impresses in Rip City, he could be a candidate for a call-up to the Blazers, who lack reliable forward depth behind their starters Danny Audio and The mists of Kamara.
No corresponding roster moves are required for the Blazers, as the club has three available spots in its 21-man roster.