Unlike the 2023 offseason, when the Rockets went significantly below the NBA’s salary cap and splurged in free agency on marquee names such as Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks, Houston will enter the 2024 offseason with considerably more roster stability.
Most players on the 2023-24 roster are under contract or have team options for next year, and the February 2024 trade for Steven Adams adds another sizable veteran salary to the books. Thus, general manager Rafael Stone anticipates operating above the salary cap.
Those veterans (VanVleet, Brooks, and Adams) join Houston’s young core of recently drafted first-round prospects: Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun, from 2021; Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason, from 2022; and Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore, from 2023.
Here’s an updated look at the Rockets’ roster entering the 2024 offseason. Ages are as of Feb. 25, 2024, while salary details are from HoopsHype.
This list is sorted by 2024-25 salary, from most to least.
Fred VanVleet
Jersey Number: 5
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Wichita State, USA
Position: Guard
NBA Experience: Eighth season
Age: 30 years old
Size: 6-foot-0, 197 pounds
2024-25 salary: $42.8 million (click here for future seasons)
Dillon Brooks
Jersey Number: 9
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Oregon, Canada
Position: Forward
NBA Experience: Seventh season
Age: 28 years old
Size: 6-foot-6, 225 pounds
2024-25 salary: $22.3 million (click here for future seasons)
Steven Adams
Jersey Number: 12
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Pittsburgh, New Zealand
Position: Center
NBA Experience: 11th season
Age: 30 years old
Size: 6-foot-11, 265 pounds
2024-25 salary: $12.6 million (expiring)
Jalen Green
Jersey Number: 4
Prior to NBA/Home Country: G League Ignite, USA
Position: Guard
NBA Experience: Third season
Age: 22 years old
Size: 6-foot-6, 183 pounds
2024-25 salary: $12.5 million (click here for future data)
Jabari Smith Jr.
Jersey Number: 10
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Auburn, USA
Position: Forward
NBA Experience: Second season
Age: 20 years old
Size: 6-foot-11, 213 pounds
2024-25 salary: $9.8 million (click here for future seasons)
Jeff Green
Jersey Number: 32
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Georgetown, USA
Position: Forward
NBA Experience: 16th season
Age: 37 years old
Size: 6-foot-8, 235 pounds
2024-25 salary: $9.6 million (team option)
Amen Thompson
Jersey Number: 1
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Overtime Elite/USA
Position: Guard
NBA Experience: Rookie
Age: 21 years old
Size: 6-foot-7, 215 pounds
2024-25 salary: $9.3 million (click here for future seasons)
Jock Landale
Jersey Number: 2
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Saint Mary’s, Australia
Position: Center
NBA Experience: Third season
Age: 28 years old
Size: 6-foot-11, 255 pounds
2024-25 salary: $8 million, non-guaranteed (guarantee dates)
Jae’Sean Tate
Jersey Number: 8
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Sydney Kings (Australia); Ohio State, USA
Position: Forward
NBA Experience: Fourth season
Age: 28 years old
Size: 6-foot-5, 226 pounds
2024-25 salary: $7.1 million (team option)
Alperen Sengun
Jersey Number: 28
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Besiktas, Turkey
Position: Center
NBA Experience: Third season
Age: 21 years old
Size: 6-foot-11, 255 pounds
2024-25 salary: $5.4 million (click here for future data)
Tari Eason
Jersey Number: 17
Prior to NBA/Home Country: LSU, USA
Position: Forward
NBA Experience: Second season
Age: 22 years old
Size: 6-foot-8, 217 pounds
2024-25 salary: $3.7 million (click here for future seasons)
Cam Whitmore
Jersey Number: 7
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Villanova, USA
Position: Wing
NBA Experience: Rookie
Age: 19 years old
Size: 6-foot-7, 235 pounds
2024-25 salary: $3.4 million (click here for future seasons)
Reggie Bullock
Jersey Number: 25
Prior to NBA/Home Country: North Carolina, USA
Position: Wing
NBA Experience: 10th season
Age: 32 years old
Size: 6-foot-6, 205 pounds
2024-25 salary: none, non-Bird free agent
Boban Marjanovic
Jersey Number: 51
Prior to NBA/Home Country: KK Crvena Zvezda, Serbia
Position: Center
NBA Experience: Eighth season
Age: 35 years old
Size: 7-foot-4, 286 pounds
2024-25 salary: none, free agent, Bird Rights
Aaron Holiday
Jersey Number: 0
Prior to NBA/Home Country: UCLA, USA
Position: Guard
NBA Experience: Sixth season
Age: 27 years old
Size: 6-foot-0, 185 pounds
2024-25 salary: none, Non-Bird free agent
Nate Hinton
Jersey Number: 14
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Houston, USA
Position: Wing
NBA Experience: Second season
Age: 24 years old
Size: 6-foot-5, 210 pounds
2024-25 salary: none, restricted free agent (two-way contract)
Jermaine Samuels Jr.
Jersey Number: 00
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Villanova, USA
Position: Forward
NBA Experience: Second season
Age: 25 years old
Size: 6-foot-7, 230 pounds
2024-25 salary: none, restricted free agent (two-way contract)
Nate Williams
Jersey Number: 19
Prior to NBA/Home Country: Buffalo, USA
Position: Wing
NBA Experience: Second season
Age: 25 years old
Size: 6-foot-5, 205 pounds
2024-25 salary: none, restricted free agent (two-way contract)
