Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander Pledges $4 Million to Charity

Rockets owner Leslie Alexander's team might have started the season on a roll that arrived sooner than he expected, but it could not win a championship in December. So on Tuesday, he concentrated on the other half of his mission statement.

The Rockets announced that Alexander would give a donation of $4 million to eight Houston area charities to be determined as part of its annual Season of Giving. While Alexander said the Rockets have meshed sooner than he expected and that James Harden should be the front-runner for MVP, he cited the other goal he had since he bought the Rockets in 1993 for his decision to make the donation.