Texas native and longtime Houston resident Tilman Fertitta has agreed to purchase the Houston Rockets for a record $2.2 billion, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Rockets released a statement confirming the sale of the team but did not confirm the price. The purchase price reported by ESPN would eclipse the record $2 billion paid by Steve Ballmer for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014 and the investment firm Guggenheim Partners for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012.