{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_465tywx265jx5pfb63rq","title":"Rockets Waive Rafael Castro From Two-Way Contract","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/rockets-waive-two-way-player-rafael-castro-465tywx265","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_uhsgi6a5vbhkuwrpjszq","seq":1288877,"kind":"article","title":"Rockets Waive Rafael Castro From Two-Way Contract","url":"https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/287489/Rockets-Waive-Rafael-Castro-From-Two-Way-Contract","summary":"The Houston Rockets waived Rafael Castro from his two-way deal, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Castro, went undrafted in the 2026 NBA Draft, originally signed with the Rockets in August. The Rockets now have Quadir Copeland and Sean Pedulla on two-way deals.","published":"2026-10-02T05:21:13Z","seen":"2026-10-02T07:30:03Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-basketball-realgm-com-39ca85","name":"basketball.realgm.com","domain":"basketball.realgm.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7300810","name":"RealGM","type":"website","country":"US","designations":["sports website"]}},"via":"kite-basketball-realgm-com-39ca85","topics":["nba"],"entities":[{"id":"Q6097143","name":"Rafael Castro","type":"person"},{"id":"Q41291","name":"rocket","type":"org"}],"image":"https://basketball.realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/wiretap/photos/2006/nba_houstonrockets.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_465tywx265jx5pfb63rq","category":"sport","category_p":0.8100000023841858,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.2800000011920929,"political":0.3799999952316284},{"id":"n_465tywx265jx5pfb63rq","seq":1222248,"kind":"article","title":"Rockets Waive Two-Way Player Rafael Castro","url":"https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2026/10/rockets-waive-two-way-player-rafael-castro.html","summary":"The Rockets have waived Rafael Castro, tweets Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. Castro signed a two-way contract with Houston in August. That two-way deal covered two seasons, but all two-way contracts are non-guaranteed and don’t count against the salary cap, so the Rockets won’t carry any dead money on their books by releasing the 6’11” big […]","published":"2026-10-01T21:22:37Z","seen":"2026-10-01T21:39:22Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-hoopsrumors-com-cda0b6","name":"hoopsrumors.com","domain":"hoopsrumors.com"},"via":"kite-hoopsrumors-com-cda0b6","topics":["nba","houston rockets","transactions","rafael castro"],"authors":["Rory Maher"],"entities":[{"id":"Q6097143","name":"Rafael Castro","type":"person"}],"story":"st_465tywx265jx5pfb63rq","category":"sport","category_p":0.8500000238418579,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.009999999776482582,"political":0.1899999976158142}]}