Houston Rockets: Trading for a star, VanVleet contract, and more

Hoops Rumors Glossary: Cap Holds

The Rockets have just over $131MM in guaranteed money committed to player salaries for 2025/26. However, even though next season’s salary cap is expected to come in above $154MM, Houston won’t begin the 2025 offseason with $24MM+ in cap room to spend. In fact, the Rockets technically won’t open the new league year with any cap space at all. Each of Houston’s own free agents will be assigned a free agent amount – or “cap hold” – until the player …

Houston Rockets: Trading for a star, VanVleet contract, and more

Houston Rockets: Trading for a star, VanVleet contract, and more | 2025 Offseason Preview | Podcast Hey everyone, welcome to the show. I’m Yosi Goslin, NBA salary cap analyst. You can find all my videos on YouTube, The Audio, Spotify, Apple, all under my name, Yosi Goslin. You can also follow me on Twitter and [...]

Rockets Likely To Decline Fred VanVleet Team Option To Offer Multiyear Deal

The Houston Rockets are likely to decline Fred VanVleet's team option and sign the guard to a multiyear deal at a lower annual salary, according to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. The Rockets agreed to move back the deadline on picking up the team option to June 29. VanVleet would be owed $44.9 million next season if the Rockets pick up the option. VanVleet previously stated that he hopes to remain with the Rockets.