Free agency isn't the only way you can use that cap space. They could easily use it in a trade where they take back a great player - the same type of player they have been looking for in the draft and haven't found.
Reasons team lose Games. Turnovers - Bad Decisions Bad Shots Lack of Defensive Pressure, Lack of Hustle Not Blocking Out, Not Rebounding Not Getting Back Defensively Stupid Fouls Failure to Play as a Team These are from coachesclip board. I mean a lot your younger teams suffer from this. But when coaches constantly let these slide, and you don't correct mistakes, teams never get better. I don't know where the rockets are, I mean don't get me wrong there bright young team, but they lack alot of this in 4th quarter to close out ball games.