With only a week left until the effective March 1 deadline for contract buyouts, neither the Houston Rockets nor Dennis Schroder is in favor of such a move, according to veteran NBA scribe Marc Stein.
Any player who is currently with an NBA team must be released by March 1 in order to be eligible for the playoffs with a subsequent team. Thus, that date acts as an effective deadline for any buyout negotiations.
When the Rockets traded for Schroder at the Feb. 10 trade deadline, many initially assumed the move was simply to shed the salary of veteran center Daniel Theis. The Rockets (15-43) currently have the worst record in the Western Conference and are in the middle of a rebuilding movement, and the 28-year-old Schroder is in the prime of his career.
