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The Houston Rockets and big man Donatas Motiejunas have hashed out a new contract that ends the restricted free agents long holdout saga, league sources told ESPN.Sources told ESPN that the Rockets on Friday formally pulled the four-year, $37 million offer sheet from the Brooklyn Nets that they matched earlier this week then replaced it with a new four-year deal that could also be worth as much as $37 million.The new deal, however, provides the Rockets with a more favorable guarantee date for the 2017-18 season while also ensuring that Motiejunas will earn $8.3 million this season. Under the original offer sheet, Motiejunas was guaranteed $5 million this season.He has IQ, size, back-to-the-basket scoring, another skilled big. He does a lot. He can shoot the 3, guard Patrick Beverley said of Motiejunas on Friday. People dont understand he might not be a big athletic person but hes always in the right places, taking charges and stuff. So DMo is a big key to what weve been doing the last couple of years.The agreement is pending a physical, which was scheduled for Friday, sources told ESPN.The Vertical first reported the agreement between the Rockets and Motiejunas.Motiejunas refused to report to the Rockets this week after Houston matched Brooklyns incentive-laden offer sheet. At the root of Motiejunas discontent, sources said, was the fact that Houston was not required under league rules to match the $6 million in bonuses in the original $37 million contract constructed by the Nets, meaning that $31 million was the most Motiejunas could earn as a Rocket.But the sides, sources say, worked out new terms that significantly increase the amount of guaranteed money Motiejunas will earn this season while also providing Houston with more future flexibility in terms of either keeping or trading the 7-footer.It is too late for the Rockets to trade Motiejunas this season, but the new contract does not come with the various trade restrictions that matching an offer sheet would, meaning Motiejunas will now become trade eligible the day after Houstons season ends.In the new deal, Motiejunas guarantee date for next seasons $9 million salary has been moved from March 1 to mid-July, which essentially makes the final three years of the four-year contract nonguaranteed. Thats more along the lines of what Houston wanted to do all along; ESPN reported in November that Houston was offering him a two-year deal starting in the $7 million to $8 million range but with only the first season fully guaranteed in a nod to Motiejunas history of back issues.Sources said Houston pulled the two-year offer on Nov. 22 because Motiejunas would be trade-eligible this season only if he were under contract by Nov. 23 because the NBAs annual trade deadline falls exactly three months later on Feb. 23. Motiejunas then signed an offer sheet with the Nets on Dec. 2. Nike Flex Cheap Online . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. 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Tennessee drops to 15-13 overall and 5-10 in SEC matches. It was the seventh consecutive loss for the Vols in the series against the Aggies, but they end a streak of six consecutive sweeps.Senior middle blocker Jazzmin Babers led the Aggies with 18 points as she recorded her second double-double of the season and the fifth of her career with 11 blocks-including a career-high-tying three solo blocks-and 11 kills while hitting .556. Sophomore middle blocker Kaitlyn Blake added 16 points with eight blocks and 12 kills while hitting at a .500 clip. Blake also climbed from ninth to seventh in the A&M season records for block assists in a season, as she raised her total to 129.A&M outside hitters Hollann Hans and Kiara McGee, who pitched in a career-high six blocks, also had double-figure kills with 13 and 10, respectively, but they were held to a combined .139 hitting efficiency.Aggie junior setter Stephanie Aiple dished out 44 assists and also added seven kills, one shy of her career high. She also had eight digs. Libero Amy Nettles led the team in digs with 12, and defensive specialists Amy Houser and Victoria Arenas added 10 digs apiece.As a team, A&M outhit Tennessee, .205 to .162, and led in kills (58-51) and blocks (19-13), while the Vols led in aces (4-0) and digs (67-60).The opening set was tied at 4-4 when Babers tooled the Tennessee block for a kill, marking the start of a 4-0 run by the Aggies. Texas A&M led the remainder of the set, outhitting the Vols, .341 to .305, although the Aggies never held more than a four-point cushion until the last run to close out the frame. The Vols were within 22-19 following a kill by Tessa Grubbs, but Aiple countered with a kill and then set up Blake for a kill to put the Aggies at set point. Aiple closed out the frame on the next play, posting her fourth kill of the set.The Aggies led the entire second set and jumped out to a 10-3 lead, including four points that were the result of a block. Tennessee, which was outhit, .229 to .054, later trailed 18-12 following a kill bby Hans, forcing the Vols to call a timeout.dddddddddddd Tennessee came out of the timeout and blocked A&M on three consecutive plays to get within 18-15 before Hans found the floor for a kill. Tennessee would get within 19-17 before Hans had a kill and McGee and Blake teamed for a block to put A&M up 21-17. The Vols were unable to get closer than three points for the remainder of the set as the teams began to exchange points. The Aggies were ahead, 23-20, when Babers had back-to-back kills to close out the win, giving A&M a 2-0 lead in the match.Tennessee used a 4-0 run to take a 4-1 lead in the third set, and never looked back. The Vols, who outhit A&M, .407 to .138 in the stanza, went on to build their largest lead of the match at 24-13 after reeling off three unanswered points. A&M fought off three set points before the Aggies hit into the net to end the set.There were 10 ties and six lead changes in the fourth set. A&M, which outhit Tennessee, .113 to .067, equaled its largest lead at 17-13 when the Vols began a comeback. Tennessee eventually tied the score at 20-20 on an A&M attack error and also managed to tie the score at 21- and 22-all before another A&M attack error gave the Vols a 23-22 lead. Babers and McGee teamed for a block to tie the score at 23-23 before Tennessee got to set point following a block error on A&M. The Vols next attack sailed long to tie the score once again, and A&M regained the lead on a block by Babers and Aiple. A Tennessee kill tied the score for the final time as Babers and Hans then closed out the match with back-to-back kills.Erica Treiber led Tennessee with 10 kills, and freshman setter Sedona Hansen had 43 assists and a match-high 20 digs.Texas A&M returns to the road for a crucial showdown at No. 23 Kentucky on Sunday. The match against the Wildcats starts at 12:30 p.m. (CT) at Memorial Coliseum, and the contest will be televised on SEC Network.A&M has only one home match remaining, as the Aggies play host to LSU on Wednesday, Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving Eve) at 6:30 p.m. at Reed Arena. It will be Senior Night, and A&M seniors Victoria Arenas, Jazzmin Babers, Emily Hardesty, Katelyn Labhart and Kaysie Shebeneck will be honored in a postmatch ceremony. ' ' '