NBA free agents: Houston Rockets target Magic free-agent center Gortat

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Jul. 1, 2009
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey showed up at center Marcin Gortat's home in Orlando just after midnight Wednesday, virtually the minute teams were officially allowed to begin negotiating with free agents
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