268 million, the rocket signed a contract! Hugh was ridiculed by everyone, and Harden was the only loser

If there is any team that feels most helpless and ridiculous in the NBA free transfer market this summer, it must be the Rockets. The Rockets have more than $80 million in salary space this summer, but the players they sign in the transfer market are hardly famous, but are role players. As a result, the Rockets waved their hands and gave these players contracts with top salaries. Many Rockets fans see this and think that the Rockets management has basically done nothing this summer, although they have spent their salaries, and in the free agent market, these operations of the Rockets are undoubtedly cases of failure. The media also believes that such a brainless operation of the rocket team does not benefit its future development.

First, after the Rockets missed out on Harden, they began to sign Grizzlies guard Dillon Williams, who had been swept away by the Grizzlies before, but the Rockets were very positive about his defense, so they signed him on a 4-year, $80 million contract. Even, the Rockets signed VanVleet of the Raptors, Jeff Green of the Nuggets, and Randale of the Suns. In the face of the Rockets' operation, basically not too many people can understand, they feel that the Rockets waste their salary space is indeed a pity, according to the terms of Dillon's contract with the Rockets, if he can perform well this season, he can also get an additional $10 million reward.

Originally, if those salary spaces had been swapped for other teams, they would have chased 1-2 All-Stars in the free transfer market. But the Rockets didn't. They gave these role players a lot of money, and it seems that the Rockets' recruitment efforts this summer ended in failure. In addition, the team management is too naïve, and it is still difficult to rely on these role players to make the playoffs. The Rockets' rebuilding efforts have indeed been a bit slow in recent years, and after a few years of rotten, the Rockets owner has finally hired former Celtics coach, Uduka, in the hope that his arrival will help the Rockets return to the ranks of the top teams in the West.

However, Rockets general manager Stone's brainless operation has greatly affected the development of the Rockets next season. For example, both Smith Jr. and Green will expire next season. What kind of annual salary the Rockets should use to keep these young players, these questions now seem to none of them have considered. For the Rockets, if they don't make the playoffs in the next few years, they will surely choose to rebuild again. For Rockets fans, rebuilding again will go the same way. Many fans think, why are the Rockets reluctant to provide Harden with a top salary? It's true that it's not well understood what the management thinks, at least the annual salary offered to these players is more than enough to meet his needs. Now, the Rockets can only pin their hopes on these young players and Uduka if they want to make the playoffs next season. However, no one is optimistic about their results next season, and all they can do is prove to the outside world that their vision and choice are not wrong.