According to the US media Mark Stein, there is currently only one week left before the March 1 buyout deadline of US time, but the Rockets and Dennis Schroeder have no plans to reach a buyout contract.
Under the rules, players currently playing for any team must reach a buyout contract by March 1, and only in that case will those players qualify for the playoffs for the new team, so that's effectively the league's buyout deadline.
For the Rockets, after they pushed for a deal involving Dennis Schroeder, the league has a lot of news that they will eventually reach a buyout contract, but the current situation is that Schroder will finish the season for the Rockets:
According to Mark Stein, this was the final decision made by the Rockets and Schroeder. This is undoubtedly a surprising result, as the Rockets in the rebuilding phase don't seem to have any reason to keep such a veteran point guard, bearing in mind that this time in the case of giving up DJ Augustine and not letting John Wall play so far this season.
What's even more surprising is that Schroeder has been an important part of the team's rotation since joining the Rockets. In three games for the Rockets, Schroeder averaged 12 points, 7.7 assists and four rebounds in 29 minutes per game.
After Schroeder made the decision to stay, it also meant that some of the league's teams that were originally interested in him could no longer complete the reinforcement. For example, some time ago, it was reported that the Lakers were interested in signing his team after Schroeder reached a buyout contract with the Rockets.
At present, it seems that the Lakers have once again lost the opportunity to strengthen the depth of the backfield in the buyout market. Of course, with the Rockets making it clear that the team will focus more on cultivating young backcourts like Jaylen Green jr. Kevin Porter, what role Schroeder can play in this Rockets team will also be worth looking forward to.