Directed by general manager Rafael Stone and armed with a league-leading figure of more than $60 million in financial room beneath the NBA’s 2023-24 salary cap, the Houston Rockets were expected to be very aggressive on the market once 2023 free agency negotiations officially began at 5 p.m. Central on Friday afternoon.
Stone and other team executives are in Los Angeles, where they can meet in-person with many of their targets from around the NBA. And it didn’t take long after the opening bell to reach their first deal.
