"Roderick Dwayne "Rod" Higgins" is a retired American professional basketball player who formerly served as president of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Hornets. He is also the father of former Charlotte Hornets point guard and current Erie Bayhawks guard Cory Higgins.

A 6'7" forward (basketball)/forward and center (basketball)/center from California State University, Fresno, Higgins played 13 seasons (1982–1994) in the NBA as a member of the Chicago Bulls, the Seattle SuperSonics, the San Antonio Spurs, the New Jersey Nets, the Golden State Warriors, the Sacramento Kings, and the Cleveland Cavaliers. He averaged 9 points per game and 3.6 rebounds per game during his NBA career. After his playing career ended, Higgins served as an assistant coach with the Warriors until 2000, when he was named assistant general manager of the Washington Wizards. He was re-hired by the Warriors on May 20, 2004, joining former teammate Chris Mullin (basketball)/Chris Mullin in the team's front office.

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Opportunities like this can be few and far between. So you realize that you are sort of out there carrying the flag for the next generation.

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Growing up and knowing how hard it is for African-American people to sometimes get things in life you really appreciate this opportunity.

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It's for every organization. If you have an opportunity to have the fortune of drafting a player who turns out to be really good, then you're shutout from keeping them, nobody wants to be in that scenario. We definitely feel good about getting the both of those guys signed. We're hoping they become the caliber of Gilbert.

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We like our guys. We like our core. We still have time to make a deal. We have until February to make a deal. We're happy with how these guys are coming together.

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As I stated recently, there was a good chance that we might not utilize the exception. And we are comfortable with that decision and outcome.

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The stars in this league -- Kobe, Shaq, McGrady, all of these guys -- carry so much weight with their team that if a particular guy sustains an injury, it's going to take some juggling. Some big-time juggling.

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You have to go down that road of seeing how he fits. I'm sure he has to do that from his side too. ... I'm sure we'll sit down and talk. As a professional, the way he is, he's entitled to that.

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