Don t rush to renew the contract, the Rockets may have a better way out, the two changes will make the team s backcourt very different

As the second-ranked team in the Western Conference regular season last year, it was defeated by the Warriors in the first round. The Rockets will naturally be very active this offseason. Currently, they have young players, strong veterans and future draft picks. It can be said that as long as the team is interested, any player who flows into the free agent market may become their target.

Previously, the Rockets management had used a three-year, $39 million full guarantee contract to complete Adams' contract renewal, and this was also the first player renewal contract exposed in the offseason. It can be seen that the Rockets are very motivated in this offseason. However, after this, it was revealed that the Rockets will settle Van Vleet's contract extension as soon as possible, which may not be a good thing for the team.

First of all, VanVleet has a one-year contract of $44.89 million, but the Rockets have the team options in their hands. For the team, not executing the contract is not a difficult option. But even so, it is not a wise choice for the Rockets to give VanVleet a three-year, $90 million contract.

First of all, if VanVleet hadn't returned in time in the last four games of the playoffs, he might have been the first player to leave the Rockets this season. The playoffs averaged 18.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1 steal, with a shooting percentage of 43% and a three-point shooting percentage of 43.5%. Perhaps this is the limit that Van Vleet can do. It is true that such data is excellent enough for a player, but for a star with over 40 million US dollars, such data is not enough.

, and Van Vleet's fatal weakness as the team's offensive core is that due to its own dynamic conditions, the opponent can effectively limit it with only one defender, and the restraint power on the offensive end is really limited. So, before the Rockets renew their contract with VanVleet, they should probably look at other candidates.

For example, the Celtics' Holiday is a good trading choice. Unlike Aaron Holiday's marginal role on the Rockets, Zhu Holiday is a real star-level player. He currently has 2 championships, has been selected into the league's best defensive team 6 times, has been selected into the All-Star twice, and has won the Olympic gold medal twice.

is such a player with a lot of honors and full of defensive attributes, and will definitely be the favorite candidate for Rockets coach Uduka. The Celtics are now under the pressure of huge luxury taxes, so the Rockets have the possibility of a deal to get him, and the team may just need to give Jaylen Green to get this meritorious veteran. The Celtics won Jaylen Green, the second place in the 21st class, and whether to stay or trade again, they will become much more flexible.

After the No. 1 switch from VanVleet to Ju Holiday, the team can also find a suitable No. 2 candidate in the free agent market, such as Philadelphia player Grimes, who will become a restricted free agent this summer. In his 28 games since he arrived in Philadelphia, he averaged 21.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 46.9% from the field and 37.3% from three-pointers.

Although Grimes is a restricted player, as long as a team gives a contract of $25 million, Philadelphia will be very cautious if it wants to match. Embiid, Maxi and Paul George in the team will have a salary of nearly $145 million next season. If Grimes' $25 million and the Tanhua Show needs to take more than ten million dollars, the team will also face huge luxury tax pressure.

However, for the Rockets, Van Vleet Gaglin's pair of nearly $70 million in salary was replaced by Ju Holiday and Grimes, and the total salary of these two people is only over 60 million. With the remaining cap space, the team can even offer Kobe White, a scoring expert who averaged 20.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists last season, to supplement the bench firepower. In this way, the Rockets' backcourt comparison will now be greatly improved. Do you think the Rockets should change through trading or retain the original backcourt combination? Welcome to leave a message for discussion!