According to agent David Falk, it is unlikely that veteran center Dikembe Mutombo will play another season for the Rockets for the veteran minimum, the Houston Chronicle is reporting.

?It would surprise me if they thought he would come back for the veteran?s minimum,? Falk said. ?I?ve know (Rockets' owner) Leslie Alexander for a long time. Dikembe has a very good relationship with Les. We?ll get together when we get back and see if there can be a situation for Dikembe to consider playing another season.?

The minimum for a veteran with Mutombo?s experience is roughly $1.3 million. If he was paid the minimum, however, the Rockets would only pay $797,581 of that amount (with the NBA subsidizing the difference), and only the amount the Rockets pay would count when calculating whether their payroll exceeds the luxury tax threshold.

?That?s all stuff we need to negotiate with him,? Morey said. ?I don?t know if what we?re doing has been decided. We?re planning to sit down with Dikembe, it looks like after the Olympics. We hope to convince him to return.?