Rockets' guard Von Wafer will not have to worry about being waived as the deadline approaches for non-guaranteed contracts to become guaranteed, the Houston Chronicle is reporting.

?To be honest, I haven?t even thought about that and that should tell you how I feel about it,? Adelman said. ?We can?t afford (to release him). There?s no way. We?re shorthanded. We?re always shorthanded."

?He?s always a good scorer. He?s going to score points. He?s a good shooter. We like when they double Yao (Ming) or come at Tracy (McGrady), we can swing it to him and he can make shots or he can attack. And he can finish at the basket. We need to see more consistency there. And now he has a challenge of having to take on the best player on the other team.?