James joined the Black-and-Red in a trade with Hous­ton on Au­gust 14, 2009. In re­lat­ed news, fel­low T&T de­fend­er Daneil Cyrus, now on tri­al with Sport­ing Kansas, has been im­pres­sive over the past few weeks. Re­ports state that ne­go­ti­a­tions are tak­ing place and Cyrus is like­ly to be of­fered a full time con­tract in due course.