The Houston Rockets got their free agency deal done with guard target Fred VanVleet, but they didn’t have the same luck with Milwaukee big man Brook Lopez, who is re-signing with the Bucks.
Known for his combination of rim protection on defense and range shooting on offense, Lopez is staying in Milwaukee on a two-year, $48-million deal. Perhaps not coincidentally, that approximate figure of $24 million in annual value matches up almost identically to Houston’s remaining financial space beneath the NBA’s 2023-24 salary cap after agreeing to Friday’s deal with VanVleet.
