The Rockets, who failed to make it to the playoffs, are now thinking about the team's construction plan for next season. In addition to the Rockets picking up two first-round rookies in the draft in 2 months, the Rockets also want to renew their contracts with some players with strength, such as Porter Jr. After that, the Rockets will also have some moves in the free agent market, after all, going to the free agent market every year to pick up leaks is the "traditional operation" of the Rockets.
In addition to this, the Rockets will also try to clean up some expired contracts and trade out some players who are not in the future plan, such as Wood and Gordon. But the Rockets' biggest headache isn't these veterans, it's Wall, who can't play! Wall, 31, hasn't played for the Rockets in a year, and he's decided to implement his player option for next season, which is on a salary of more than $47 million a year.
Wall can't play, still occupies a lot of salary space, and occupies a player slot, which makes the Rockets management very unhappy. So how to deal with Wall's contract? In fact, the Rockets have tried hard this season, but failed, the Lakers do not want to take the first round of 2027 to send Westbrook to the Rockets, and Houston naturally cannot trade Wall to Los Angeles.
How will the Rockets handle Wall this summer's offseason? According to Jack Fisher, a reporter for the Open Stand, according to sources, the Rockets have designed two sets of "dealing with Wall." The first, that is, Plan A: The Rockets will try to trade Wall before the draft (that is, June 24, Beijing time), but if it can't be done, then the Rockets will have a good chance of executing their Plan B.
What is "Plan B"? To put it bluntly, it was another countermeasure that the Rockets thought of after seeing that Wall could not trade - all indications are that the Rockets will negotiate a buyout with Wall before the free agent market opens in July! Although many sources believe that the Rockets will negotiate a buyout with Wall, the reporter proves this once again, which shows that this matter is not out of thin air.
There are still 2 months left to trade Wall, after all, today is two months away from the start of the draft on June 24th, if no team is willing to ask Wall during this period, the Rockets will directly showdown, I believe Wall will not refuse to buy it, after all, can get a large part of the salary, and will become a free agent can join other teams at will to play.
If Wall doesn't agree, he'll face the embarrassment of not being able to play for two seasons, which is almost like retiring for an NBA pro. After 2 years of not playing, even if he becomes a free agent next summer, no team dares to sign Wall, after all, his form is not guaranteed. But if Wall becomes a free agent this summer, there will be teams trying to sign him. Now it seems that the probability of trading Wall is not very large, but the Rockets' B plan - buy out Wall, this is very likely to happen.