Fred VanVleet has another assured season below contract with the Houston Rockets. The group has a $44.9 million possibility on VanVleet for the 2025-26 season. If the veteran level guard has his means, he’ll be in Houston for a very long time.
“I didn’t come right here to be a rental,” VanVleet stated. “I didn’t come right here to be a free agent (once more). I got here right here for a long-term dwelling. I’ve cherished my time right here to date. I feel I’ve a superb understanding with administration and the coaches about what the long run appears like with this group. The enterprise will at all times care for itself. I don’t actually get too involved with that stuff. That stuff will work itself out. However I feel my household and I can be in Texas. I got here right here for a house, and I feel I discovered one.”
VanVleet can also be relishing serving to a younger group develop right into a playoff contender. He makes use of his expertise as an undrafted participant to mentor his youthful teammates.
“Each final certainly one of them, I’ve an important relationship with all the fellows,” VanVleet stated. “There’s much more of us than there may be … stars within the league. The remainder of the fellows try to determine it out. I can at all times relate to these guys. I at all times inform the story I used to be a side-hoop man. I used to be the man capturing on the aspect with no coaches. I used to be rebounding with myself. I at all times preserve that in thoughts.”
