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Rockets Guard Fred VanVleet Reportedly Suffers ACL Tear
VanVleet signed a two-year, $50 million extension in June before his injury, which could sideline Houston’s key player for the full 2025-26 NBA season, sources said.
- Sources told ESPN on Monday that Fred VanVleet has a torn ACL and will undergo surgery to repair it this week, potentially missing the 2025-26 season.
- After re-signing a two-year, $50 million extension in June, Fred VanVleet reportedly suffered a knee injury during the Rockets minicamp in the Bahamas.
- VanVleet averaged 14.1 points and 5.6 assists in 60 regular-season games last year and scored 18.7 PPG in the playoffs, with Houston's net rating at +3.9 with him on court.
- The Rockets do not have a proven replacement at point guard while operating under hard-cap constraints, being $1.25M below the first apron and unable to use the disabled player exception.
- With training camp opening September 29th, Houston faces urgent choices to replace VanVleet and may pursue an emergency trade or disabled-player exception while increasing minutes for Reed Sheppard, Amen Thompson, or Aaron Holiday.
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ASK IRA: No, Rockets cannot take on Terry Rozier in wake of VanVleet injury
Q: Ira, ask Andy Elisburg about the rules that prevent the Heat from signing another player, like Precious Achiuwa, and now the Rockets can’t replace Fred VanVleet. Why wouldn’t the NBA want to allow teams to have enough players? – Sandy. A: First, with all due respect to Andy Elisburg, I highly doubt the Heat general manager is stressing over Houston’s misfortune, although certainly empathetic. As for teams lacking the ability to add players du…
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Starting Point Guard Fred VanVleet Tearing His ACL Is Not Only A Huge Deal For The Rockets, But Also For What It Could Mean For The Entire Western Conference
Alex Goodlett. Getty Images.Of all the teams that made improvements this offseason, few teams in the NBA had a better summer than the Houston Rockets. After what was a rather impressive 2024-25 seaso...
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right4Center10Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Center
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