Houston’s Rockets goalkeeper Fred Vanvleet intends to sign a $ 50 million contract over two years to stay with the franchise, with a player option in 2026-2027, sources said in ESPN.
The Rockets decrease the team option of $ 44.9 million from Vanvleet for next season, have indicated the sources, and are now obtaining a new agreement with the representative of Vanvleet, the CEO of Klutch Sports, Rich Paul.
Vanvleet, 31, returns to a list of Rockets recently reinforced by successful trade for 15 times All-Star Kevin Durant.
Vanvleet, an All-Star and former NBA champion (2019 with the Raptors of Toronto), helped direct the recovery of the Rockets of the lottery team to the candidate in the playoffs during his two seasons with Houston.
Building after signing a three -year agreement with the team in the summer of 2023, Vanvleet helped Houston to improve 22 victories to 41 during his first year. The Rockets then won 52 games to take the lead n ° 2 from the Western Conference last season, ending a drought of four years of qualifying series.
He collected an average of 14.1 points in the 2024-25 season, his less in a season since 2018-19, but has an average of 18.7 points per game in playoffs. The Rockets were ousted in the first round by the Golden State Warriors in seven games, but it was not because of Vanvleet – he collected an average of 24.3 points out of 56% and 64% on the attempts of 3 points in the last four games of the series, according to ESPN Research.
Vanvleet is a hard nose defender who succeeds in attack thanks to the creation of the game and the 3 -point shooting volume – he finished second in the team in 3 points per game last season with 7.7. However, he tends to combat efficiency and pulled below 40% of the field in 2024-25 for the fourth time in his career.
The nine -year -old veteran collected an average of 14.9 points and 5.7 assists in his career.
