The Houston Rockets were already positioned to have approximately $60 million in salary cap space in a pivotal 2023 offseason. Now they are poised to add roughly $2.5 million more thanks to Kevin Porter Jr. sitting out Sunday’s 2022-23 finale in Washington.
On the team’s injury/status report, Porter is officially listed as out for Sunday with a sore right knee. By missing the game, the 22-year-old guard will finish with 59 games played, one short of the 60 that, according to the terms of his next contract, would make next season’s $2.4-million bonus for games played considered “likely.” If deemed unlikely, that figure does not count on Houston’s salary cap.
