Including the players drafted and past international stash picks. Not including Dmo who is restricted but still a free agent. I'm looking for a complete rockets roster and the ones on NBA sites still include goudelocke and Beasley who I thought were one years contracts and dmo who is a restricted free agent. Dwight is unrestricted....terry and josh smith I thought were at the end too. Do rio grande players have contracts with the rockets or not? Basically looking for the guys they either have locked up or have the rights to right now. Nothing less, nothing more. Thanks!
The current roster is this: James Harden Corey Brewer Trevor Ariza Patrick Beverley K.J. McDaniels Donatas Motiejunas - restricted Sam Dekker Clint Capela Montrezl Harrell Michael Beasley - non guaranteed Andrew Goudelock - non guaranteed Terrence Jones - restricted Bird Rights Dwight Terry Draft rights: Zhou Qi Chinanu Onuaku Sergio Llull Allesandro Gentile Beasley and Goudelock are indeed under contract. Terrence Jones is a goner IMO but the Rockets have made it known that they want DMo back.
James Harden - Andrew Goudelock Patrick Beverley - Corey Brewer Trevor Ariza - K.J. McDaniels - Sam Dekker Michael Beasley - Montrezl Harrell Clint Capela - Chinanu Onuaku - Zhou Qi *Non-guaranteed Free Agents Dwight Howard Terrence Jones(RFA) Donatas Motiejunas(RFA) Josh Smith Jason Terry Draft Rights Venson Hamilton(1999) Sergei Lishouk(2004) Axel Hervelle(2005) Brad Newley(2007) Sergio Llull(2009) Jon Diebler(2011) Marko Todorovic(2013) Alessandro Gentile(2014)
The Rockets may have up to 15 players under contract when the season starts. All of those players count against the 15 man roster even if they are assigned to RGV. So a player may be in RGV and under contract to the Rockets. Most players in RGV are not under contract to the Rockets. The Rockets have also signed: Gary Payton II - 3 year partially guaranteed Isaiah Taylor - 3 year partially guaranteed Kyle Wiltjer - 3 year partially guaranteed Those players will likely participate in the summer league and attend training camp. It is very likely that none of those players make the final 15 man roster and they will likely be cut and become free agents. However, since the Rockets did sign them, if they cut them and if no other NBA team signs them to a contract then RGV will own their D-League rights and Rockets will have some amount of control over their development and playing time. Those players would be free to sign with another NBA team at any time but as long as that does not happen then the Vipers will own their d-league rights even though they would not be under any contract with the Rockets.
Great so what I'm really going to get at is that unless you believe in miracles we can basically start to outline the final 15 now. I think Dmo is probably getting paid unless someone offers max. Hell, Dwight might still be in the picture because this is not a strong roster without him. Beasley is a no brainer to me and goudelocke seems a fit as well. There's plenty of spots available for the guys they just picked up including international picks. I'd rather bring Qi over and send him to rio grande to get more acclimated to this brand of ball than leave him overseas. Gentile seems a good fit as well but I'd really hope Dekker starts to shine. I think Harrell is going to have a big summer league so hopefully that translates. I'm not super pumped about this roster but I do think they have a couple of guys primed to step up and maybe make it look better than it does currently.
Dwight is as gone as gone can get. We own his bird rights which means we can exceed the salary cap to resign him but we can not compel him to sign back with us and we do not have the right to match contract offers from another team. Additionally I don't think the Rockets really want him back and I don't think he prefers to be here anymore.
I pretty much agree. This team as a whole has a bad omen on it. I'm looking forward to the 2026 14th pick I guess.
C: Capela / Chinanu (rights, expected to sign) PF: Harrell / Wiltjer (non-guaranteed) SF: Ariza / Beasley (option, expecting to pick up) / Dekker / Brewer SG: Harden / Gentile (rights, expecting to sign) / McDaniels PG: Beverley / Payton (non-guaranteed) / Taylor (non-guaranteed) / Goudelock (option, not sure if they'll pick up) FA's: Smoove (unrestricted, no birds) / Motiejunas (restricted) / Jones (restricted) / Howard (expected to leave) / Terry (expected to retire) Overseas (not expected to sign): Qi / Llull / Other dudes nobody cares about
I mean, if Dwight is really hell bent on leaving which is probable.... They pretty much have to rely on some new, young talent right? Kinda my point here. No reason to bring back Smoove or terry. We pretty much need Dekker, Harrell, Payton jr, chinanu, Qi to come play.
