Goodbye Houston! The Rockets third player left the team is released, with only 11 people left! 7 players can sign contracts

On June 26, Chinese player Yang Hansen was selected by the Trail Blazers at the 16th pick in the first round, which was beyond the expectations of most people. In addition to the highly-watched draft, the Rockets also had some actions: for example, today the Rockets refused to execute Van Variett's third-year team option, but re-signed Van Variett, the 31-year-old main point guard with a new two-year contract of 50 million. Next season, 31-year-old Van Jordan will join forces with players such as Durant, Shin Kyung, and Amen Thompson to help the Rockets compete for the NBA championship.

It can be said that although Van Vreet is not the best in the league in terms of point guard position, he is one of the most powerful point guards in the league, and in the playoffs, his performance is much better than the regular season. I believe everyone has also seen that Van Frett is basically in normal form this season, often "pacing" in the game, averaging only 14 points per game. In the playoffs, Van Vreet averaged 18.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1 steal, and his three-point shooting percentage even reached 43.5%.

In addition to Jaylen Green and Dillon being traded to the Suns, the Rockets have the third player left the team. According to reports, the Rockets will cut off their third center, Jock Langdale. Although Jock Langdale was also the Rockets' main rotation center back then, and was Shin Kyung's first substitute, and even served as the starter when Shin Kyung was injured, after the Rockets left Adams, Langdale really had no place.

The Rockets are expected to give Ethan and Smith Jr. next season, and Whitmore and Shepard are expected to increase their playing time accordingly. Langdale has an empty salary space of 8 million and does not have much performance opportunities. It is not surprising that the Rockets cut him. He also became the third player to leave Houston after Jaylen Green and Dillon Brooks.

Currently, only 11 players are left with contracts in the Rockets' lineup. Divided by position:

-Point Guard: Van Vreet, Aaron Holiday

-Shot Guard: Shepard, Jennarson Williams

-Small Forward: Durant, Whitmore

-Power Forward: Amen Thompson, Smith Jr., Ethan

-Center: Shin Kyung, Adams

We can see that Van Vreet took the initiative to cut his salary this time, with a one-time salary of $20 million, and Langdale, who cut 8 million in salary by the Rockets, can free up nearly 30 million in salary for the Rockets. Although Landal was laid off, everyone knows that Landale's four-year, 32 million contract is guaranteed only in the first year. Now Landale has not been able to stay in the team, which means that the Rockets will not lose any losses when they sack Landale. After all, Landale's contract is not guaranteed.

So, the Rockets now have a large amount of cap space available and at least 7 player spaces available. Why are there 7? In fact, in addition to the Rockets' four standard contract point guards, the Rockets also have 3 two-way contract quotas to use. So next, the Rockets will usher in an intensive signing mode during the offseason and may even complete some transactions. After all, the Rockets are now clearing their cap space and player lineup in order to deal with next season with a stronger and newer lineup. The Rockets must be equipped with the best role-player lineup around core players such as Durant, Shin Kyung and Amen Thompson, so that the Rockets have the chance to compete for the championship in the new season.