Rockets Promoting JD Davison To Standard Roster

Davison, who previously spent three seasons with Boston, has appeared in a career-high 27 games for the Rockets this season but has played sparingly, logging just 192 total minutes. He’s averaging 2.2 points and 1.0 assist in 7.1 minutes per contest.

Although Davison has only seen action in 27 games, he has been active for 23 more, so he had reached his 50-game limit and was ineligible to play again in 2025/26 unless he was promoted to Houston’s standard roster.

As we outlined on Monday, in addition to the fact that Davison had hit his personal 50-game cap, the Rockets had used up all 90 of their “under-15” games. Teams are only permitted to use their two-way players for a combined total of 90 games if they’re carrying fewer than 15 players on standard contracts, and Houston reached that limit.

Promoting Davison will address both issues for the Rockets. He’ll now be able to play in the team’s remaining regular season games and in the postseason, with his 50-game limit no longer in place. Meanwhile, Houston will also be able to its other two-way players (Tristen Newton and Isaiah Crawford) during the final week of the regular season, if needed, since the club will have a full 15-man roster.