The Houston Rockets have got money to blow.
They shouldn’t spend it just because they have it. Sure, the team needs to hit the salary floor. There are plenty of ways to do that. The Rockets could hand out a bunch of bloated one-year deals. They could take on a couple of bad contracts with sweeteners attached.
They don’t have to hand James Harden a four-year max contract.
Or anyone else, for that matter. This is a fairly uninspiring free agency class. The Rockets could opt to kick the can and go all-in on next year’s group.