The Rockets are adding another guard to their two-way mix, agreeing to a deal with free agent Sean Pedulla, agent George S. Langberg told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
Pedulla is set to fill Houston’s third two-way slot once the signing becomes official. The Rockets already have Tristen Newton carried over from the 2025/26 season on his two-year, two-way contract, and they added Quadir Copeland to a new two-way deal last month.
Pedulla will turn 24 in October and comes to Houston after a winding rookie season. He went undrafted out of Ole Miss, joined the Rip City Remix last fall, and spent most of his first pro year with Portland’s G League affiliate. In February, after the All-Star break, he signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Clippers and finished the season with Los Angeles before being waived earlier this month, which left him an unrestricted free agent.
His NBA sample with L.A. was small - seven regular-season appearances - but Pedulla’s G League production stood out. Across 42 games for the Remix and the San Diego Clippers during the 2025/26 campaign, the 6’1″ point guard put up 20.3 points, 5.5 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.5 steals in 28.1 minutes per game, numbers that earned him NBAGL Rookie of the Year honors.
With Pedulla in the fold, Houston will have 19 players under contract once the move is finalized. That leaves two spots open on the team’s 21-man offseason roster. The Rockets are currently carrying 12 players on fully guaranteed standard contracts, two on partially guaranteed or non-guaranteed salaries, a pair on Exhibit 10 deals, and Newton and Copeland on two-way pacts.
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