The Houston Rockets are set to engage in their biggest free-agent season since acquiring Dwight Howard in the summer of 2013. With his impending departure and the massive cap boost, general manager Daryl Morey will have a ton of money to spend, setting the course for Space City’s future.
According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, Houston will have somewhere between $38 million and $44 million on hand. (It’s hard to get more specific than that because there are a variety of options at his disposal.)
That’s a lot of money, but it's not as much as it once was with the cap climbing from $70 million to an estimated $92 million. This means two things are also true:
Everyone else has a bunch of money to spend.
Contract values go up. For example, last year, a max contract for a player coming off his rookie deal started at $15.3 million. This year, it starts at $21.3 million, according to The Vertical’s Bobby Marks.
Still, $44 million is enough to squeeze in two good players. If you wiggle in the right trades, you could even wedge in two max contracts at the 25 percent level.
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