Rockets God: Rockets sign A++ with three contracts, goodbye Harden

On June 26, according to reporter Keith Smith, due to a significant salary cut of about $20 million in Fred Van Frett's new contract renewal, the Rockets can use a full middle-class special case worth $14.1 million this offseason.

sources revealed to ESPN that Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet intends to sign a two-year, $50 million contract to stay with the team while having player choice for the 2026-27 season.

Sources said the Rockets will abandon VanVleet's $44.9 million team option next season and are currently discussing a new contract with VanVleet's agent Klutch Sports CEO Ricky Paul.

VanVleet's new contract provides the Rockets with flexibility over the coming year and gives him the opportunity to enter the free agent market in 2026, where teams will have more room for compensation caps. Sources said both sides believe that in two years, the two sides will maintain a partnership for many years, 31-year-old VanVleet returns to the Rockets!

A few days ago, Green and Brooks and the No. 10 pick were mainly for Durant

Recently, the Rockets strengthened the team's lineup with 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant's big deal.

Renew Adams with an annual salary of tens of millions of yuan this offseason is very busy for the Rockets. They have also reached a three-year, $39 million contract renewal agreement with center Steven Adams and have reached a long-term contract renewal agreement with coach Ime Udoka in recent weeks. Van Jordan, who earns 25 million yuan in annual salary, is more fragrant than all guards, a former All-Star and former NBA champion (played for the Toronto Raptors in 2019), helped the Rockets transform from a lottery team to a playoff contender in his two seasons with Houston.

VanVleet quickly adapted after signing a three-year contract with the team in the summer of 2023, helping Houston improve from 22 to 41 in the first year. The Rockets then won 52 games over the past season, winning the second seed in the Western Conference, ending a four-year playoff drought.

He averaged 14.1 points per game in the 2024-25 season, the lowest average of scores since the 2018-19 season, but averaged 18.7 points per game in the playoffs. The Rockets were eliminated by the Golden State Warriors in seven games in the first round, but that was not because of VanVleet — in the last four games of the series, he averaged 24.3 points per game, shooting 56% from the field and 64% from three-pointers.

VanVleet is a tough defender who has succeeded in his offense by creating offense and high-shot three-point shooting – he has averaged 7.7 3-point shooting percentages per game over the past season, ranking second in the team. However, he tends to struggle with efficiency and shoots under 40% in the 2024-25 season, the fourth time in his career. The nine-year veteran averaged 14.9 points and 5.7 assists per game in his career.

With Van Jordan staying in the team, Harden can be said to have missed the Rockets!