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One-On-One ... To Five
Five questions with Rockets forward Bonzi Wells:
Q: Are you finally healthy for the first time as a Rocket?
A: I hurt my back a couple weeks ago, so I went and saw thewitch doctor -- that's the specialist Mac sees [teammate TracyMcGrady's rehab therapist in Waco]. He made me feel a lot better.
Q: How frustrating has your first half-season in Houston been?
A: I was expecting to come down here and play a major role onthis team. But we've still been winning so I can't really be salty ornothing [about the slow start]. I just hope that when it's time to getto the nitty-gritty, Coach will call my number and I'll be able todeliver.
Q: We've heard rumblings of friction between you and Jeff Van Gundy since training camp. How would you describe the relationship?
A: It may have been rocky at first, but right now I think we'reon the same page. I think we had a problem with communication early on.You know how Coach is. He's kind of headstrong and I'm kind ofheadstrong, too, but we basically came to a common ground on how wewere going to deal with each other. The last couple months,everything's been great.
Q: But there are also rumblings that you still might be movedelsewhere before the Feb. 22 trading deadline. Do you feel like youhave a long-term future with the Rockets?
A: I planned on being in Houston for a while, but if it doesn'twork out this year, I'll go somewhere else next year and make ithappen. That's no problem. If it doesn't work out, hopefully I'll haveoptions this summer.
Q: You lost many millions over the summer when negotiations with the Kings ended abruptly and they signed John Salmons instead. Are you over that?
A: I still think about it every day. It consumes my life. ButI've got to try to move forward and start moving on with my life. It'stough. I left Sacramento and I wish I could still be there today, butit was just a bad situation that happened. It was just a communicationerror between my [former] agent and the Sacramento Kings. I wish it would have never happened. I hate that I had to get the short end of the stick.
One-On-One ... To Five
Five questions with Rockets forward Bonzi Wells:
Q: Are you finally healthy for the first time as a Rocket?
A: I hurt my back a couple weeks ago, so I went and saw thewitch doctor -- that's the specialist Mac sees [teammate TracyMcGrady's rehab therapist in Waco]. He made me feel a lot better.
Q: How frustrating has your first half-season in Houston been?
A: I was expecting to come down here and play a major role onthis team. But we've still been winning so I can't really be salty ornothing [about the slow start]. I just hope that when it's time to getto the nitty-gritty, Coach will call my number and I'll be able todeliver.
Q: We've heard rumblings of friction between you and Jeff Van Gundy since training camp. How would you describe the relationship?
A: It may have been rocky at first, but right now I think we'reon the same page. I think we had a problem with communication early on.You know how Coach is. He's kind of headstrong and I'm kind ofheadstrong, too, but we basically came to a common ground on how wewere going to deal with each other. The last couple months,everything's been great.
Q: But there are also rumblings that you still might be movedelsewhere before the Feb. 22 trading deadline. Do you feel like youhave a long-term future with the Rockets?
A: I planned on being in Houston for a while, but if it doesn'twork out this year, I'll go somewhere else next year and make ithappen. That's no problem. If it doesn't work out, hopefully I'll haveoptions this summer.
Q: You lost many millions over the summer when negotiations with the Kings ended abruptly and they signed John Salmons instead. Are you over that?
A: I still think about it every day. It consumes my life. ButI've got to try to move forward and start moving on with my life. It'stough. I left Sacramento and I wish I could still be there today, butit was just a bad situation that happened. It was just a communicationerror between my [former] agent and the Sacramento Kings. I wish it would have never happened. I hate that I had to get the short end of the stick.
