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Wells will not play for Rockets again this year | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
PORTLAND, Ore. — After months of insisting he wanted a chance to play more, Rockets guard Bonzi Wells chose not to. Now the choice has been taken out of his hands. A day after Wells skipped Monday's game in Seattle, the Rockets decided he will not play again this season, a person with knowledge of the team's decision-making said Tuesday. Wells left the team Tuesday to return to Houston. He ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle on Bonzi Wells: "A day after Wells skipped Monday's game in Seattle, the Rockets decided he will not play again this season, a person with knowledge of the team's decision-making said Tuesday. Wells left the team Tuesday to return to Houston. He will be fined for the "unexcused absence" from the game he missed. He will not be suspended or released. But after returning to the court Friday and Sunday after 18 games on the inactive list, he will be back on the inactive list for the final four regular-season games and the playoffs."

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Three In The Key — ... situation has finally settled down. Monday night, the Rockets, played the Sonics let me rephrase, the Rockets minus one play the Sonics last night. Bonzi Wells did not show up for the game even though he was supposed to. A voicemail was left on Keith Jones , the team s athletic trainer, cellphone saying he felt that he was disrupting the chemistry of the team and that he was staying in the hotel room but was doing OK. Wells was fined for not showing up to the game. Following that, today the Houston Rockets announced the Rockets have decided that Wells will not suit up again for the remainder of the regular season and will not be activated for the playoffs. Here is what his agent, Bill Duffy said: He felt he was hurting the team, He did not want to be a distraction with his play. It was not his actions. He was frustrated with his play and did not want to hurt the team. His methodology was wrong, but that

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