Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey announced that the team has signed free-agent forward Luc Mbah a Moute. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Mbah a Moute (6-foot-8, 230) was originally the 37th-overall pick by Milwaukee in the 2008 NBA Draft. In nine seasons, he has appeared in 621 games with 438 starts, including a career-high 76 for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2016/17.
This past season, Mbah a Moute shot 50.5 percent from the floor, including a career-best 39.1 percent from 3-point range. He would have ranked tied for fourth in the NBA in steal-to-turnover ratio (1.76) had he qualified, and has had more steals (236) than turnovers (219) over the past four seasons.
Mbah a Moute has received votes for the NBA All-Defensive Team in each of the past two seasons. In 2016/17, he was fourth in defensive rating (102.0) among forwards who played at least 70 games while averaging 20-plus minutes played.