Billionaire Dan Friedkin Interested in Sale of Rockets

Houston billionaire Dan Friedkin, owner and CEO of Gulf States Toyota and the president and CEO of the Friedkin Group, acknowledged in a statement released to FOX 26 Sports that he is interested in buying the Houston Rockets franchise.

“I’ve expressed interest in exploring the purchase of the Houston Rockets,” Friedkin said in a statement released by his company. “Les Alexander has done an outstanding job building a high caliber organization with a winning tradition.  Over the years we have enjoyed a close partnership with the Rockets and Les through Toyota’s naming rights of the arena. “As a Rockets fan and Houstonian it would be exciting and a privilege to build on the storied legacy of NBA basketball in this city.”

Source: Mark Berman of Fox 26 Houston