With Friday’s agreement to buy out and waive forward A.J. Griffin, the Rockets have an open roster spot for a player with a standard NBA contract. They will have five players in camp with two-way or training camp contracts. That would seem to make that open spot up for grabs.

As had been expected, the Houston Rockets and A.J. Griffin have agreed to the terms of a buyout the team announced. The buyout is for a reported $250,000 and allows “him to sit out the season while considering whether to continue his career, a person with knowledge of the agreement” told Jonathan Fiegan of the Houston Chronicle.

The Houston Rockets have decided to buy former first-round pick AJ Griffin out of his contract due to the forward's wishes to step away from the NBA and the game of basketball, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.