January 26th, 2012 
Russ Loede 
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The Houston Rockets have chosen not to pick up the option on center/forward Jordan Hill’s contract, which means he will become a free agent after the season according to his agent Kevin Bradbury.
“I was a little surprised,” Bradbury said of the Rockets’ decision. “His body of work this year in my opinion would merit picking up his option, but at the same time the way (Rockets general manager) Daryl (Morey) explained it, they’re trying to clear all of the cap space they can to go after a max contract.
The Arizona alum did not play in last night’s 105-99 loss to Milwaukee.
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[...] Rockets recently declined to pick up the contract options for four players on their current roster (Jordan Hill, Hasheem Thabeet, Terrence Williams, Flynn), most likely to keep their salary cap open for the [...]