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Team Note: The Rockets are expected to cut Landdale by July 8 and may also trade Whitmore

1:05pm, 3 July 2025【Basketball】

After the free market opened on July 3, the Rockets first signed forward Finney Smith for 53 million in four years, and welcomed old center Capela ($21.5 million in three years).

According to Danielle Lerner, a Rockets reporter who works for the Houston Chronicle, the team is expected to transfer the guarantee deadline to cut center Landail on July 8, and may also trade wing player Whitmore to other teams in exchange for non-player assets (such as draft picks, etc.).

Landale's salary for the 2025-26 season was an unsecured $8 million. The original deadline for transferring security was June 30. Then both sides delayed this time point to July 8. If he was not sacked by the Rockets on July 8, his salary for the 2025-26 season will be fully covered.