The Toronto Raptors entered free agency needing to make a decision on point guard Fred VanVleet. While he would command a hefty salary and struggled to fit in with the roster’s construction at times last season, Masai Ujiri seemed committed to building a winner with him in free agency.
Unfortunately, VanVleet has attracted the attention of other teams across the NBA, with the Houston Rockets emerging as one team that could potentially snipe him away by offering him a short-term deal with a very high average annual value. VanVleet is aging, so this offer made sense to accept.