LAS VEGAS -- Veteran center Brad Miller has agreed to a three-year contract worth nearly
$15 million with the Houston Rockets, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

The Rockets were always considered a strong contender to win the summer race to sign Miller. He attracted interested from numerous teams but was strongly lobbied to move to Houston by Rockets coach Rick Adelman and guard Kevin Martin after the trio's success in Sacramento.

The third year of the contract is partially guaranteed, sources said.

Amid its well-chronicled interest in trying to pursue Chris Bosh in free agency, Houston also targeted Miller early as an ideal complement to the returning Yao Ming and the re-signed Luis Scola to reunite with Martin and help facilitate Adelman's offense.

Miller, 34, made two All-Star Games as a member of the Kings and spent the last season and a half with the Chicago Bulls. It was the second stint in Chicago for Miller, who has also played in Charlotte and Indiana.

Atlanta, Boston, Miami and Cleveland are among the teams that have courted Miller since free agency began July 1, with Chicago also expressing interest in re-signing him.

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Please tell me they have no interest in the diesel now that miller is gone.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Couldn't hurt for the right price.

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Who else is available now at the Center position now? They need to bring in another big. Asik is unproven and will most likely be bad, and Noah could maybe have setbacks with the plantar fasciatis (sp?). If Shaq would be willing to accept a role off the bench and play 15-20 minutes a game, I would be happy to have him here. He still has some game left in him, but he has to be willing to accept a different kind of role. So far it seems like he doesn't want to do that.

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How much would you want him to play? 15ish a game tops?

I'm assuming a MLE is too much for a player like that? Sorry for my genuine basketball stupidity

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Team Cutler.

I keep hearing the name Kurt Thomas.

I didn't know he was still in the Association.

I would only want him on the floor for about 20 minutes a game maximum. And I wouldn't have any interest in signing him if he was not in shape. He was in great shape last year, and played pretty well in Cleveland. I would be fine with giving him somewhere in the 5 mil/year range and probably only a one year deal. I would also keep him off the floor when Rose is in the game as much as possible. When Rose goes to the bench, it would be a good time to pound it in to Shaq to get the other team in foul trouble. The Cavs did this to the Bulls in 3 of the games of the first round series.

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Yeah, I keep hearing that too. I think he's even older than Shaq. He's a Skiles guy, and Im shocked he's not going back to Milwaukee.

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