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Rockets sign Fred VanVleet (3 years, $130M)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by J.R., Jun 30, 2023.

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Do you like the signing of Fred VanVleet?

Poll closed Oct 9, 2023.
  1. YES

    62.9%
  2. NO

    37.1%
  1. backwardhead

    backwardhead Member

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    I'm not that familiar with his game but the little I've seen he reminds me a bit of Kyle Lowry. If we could get peak Kyle Lowry in this economy at that amount I would be very happy. For this team specifically.
     
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  2. theDude

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    FVV is going to play 48 minutes a game 82 games a year, apparently.

    I think Amen is going to see the court as much as he needs to.
     
  3. jerryclark

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    Respect to fred. Made this entire franchise his b****
     
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  4. jayfree

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    I guess they didn't like my KPJ idea
     
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  5. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    D'oh.... ignore this post
     
  6. stab

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    Slight overpay:YES . Massive overpay:NO
    He was going to get at least $35 mil per season from someone…
     
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  7. invocux

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    Lol DaDakota is saying that he'd trade Kpj for Tobias Harris wasn't he a Kpj fan? Harris isn't better. Besides, i like Kpj the wing a lot. Hope they rotate Amen with fvv and keep Kpj out of it. Put Kpj on the wing.
     
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  8. pmac

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    The only way the rockets could benefit from a sign and trade is if they get to dump Tate or if they have plans for the full MLE.
     
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  9. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist

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    Been pushing for him but that 3rd year makes this a much bigger risk than I was anticipating.

    It’s not just another year, it can throw a wrench in a lot of things. He’s never had a healthy season I believe. We should be careful and not play him 37 minutes. Closer to 32 minutes would be nice.

    On the bright side we have ourselves a hell of a championship caliber two way PG with amazing assist to turnover ratio. He needs to take 1-2 fewer shots than he did last season.

    This means we have FVV, 3rd year Sengun and Amen primarily running the offense. That’s a giant improvement in playmaking. KPJ and Tyty could still surprise us too.
     
  10. Williamson

    Williamson JOSH CHRISTOPHER ONLY FAN

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    Seeing that they might have to throw some second rounders at us to make that happen. That would be a cool bonus.
     
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  11. CXbby

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    Underpaid.
     
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    Well said. Like you, I'm not crazy about what this is costing us, and the length, depending on the contract's fine print, but this is the guy I wanted.
    I hope we can add Brook Lopez. That would be a great bookend and remake the team, in my opinion.
     
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    He will be a salary dump before that third kicks in.
     
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    Teams well above the tax have been dumping players for 2 weeks now. Where have you been?

    If you're paying tax you aren't worried about the floor.

    Also, if you want to sign someone you may need to unload salaries to do it.

    If what you are saying is true, why is the opposite happening?
     
  16. mtbrays

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    Nobody would make this team win a championship in the next two years. The goal now is to actually develop our young guys instead of letting them play Silas ball and learn absolutely nothing about being pros.
     
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  17. J.R.

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  18. studogg

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    just like harden did to you?
     
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  19. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    No ****ing way you enjoyed these 3 years.
     
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