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Best/worst free agent signings & the reshaped Houston Rockets | No Cap Room

Yahoo Sports NBA: Ball Don't Lie

English - July 05, 2023 20:45 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 199 ratings
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Jake Fischer and Dan Devine are back with another No Cap Room, and this time they’re breaking down the best and worst NBA free agent signings before doing a deep dive into the Houston Rockets’ offseason.


01:25 Best Free Agent Signing

08:15 Best Value Free Agent Signing

13:50 Worst Free Agent Signing

19:00 Biggest Free Agent Head-Scratcher

29:30 Most Interesting Restricted Free Agents

35:00 Houston Rockets


On this episode of No Cap Room, Jake and Dan recap free agency using superlatives. First up, they each explain which free agent signing they thought was the best one and why.

Next, they erase the context of teams and discuss which free agent contract offers the best overall value for the team that signed it.

The worst free agent contract and the worst value free agent contract created a lot of overlap, so the guys combined those two and spent a lot of time talking about Jerami Grant’s role with the Portland Trail Blazers in the post-Damian Lillard world.

There were a few head-scratching moves in free agency, but perhaps the biggest one was the Sacramento Kings freeing up cap space and then not really using it. Dan has a theory as to why they might not have been as aggressive as everyone expected.

After going over the few available restricted free agents left, the guys dive deep into the Houston Rockets, who have quickly become one of this offseason’s most interesting teams. After signing Fred VanVleet, Dillon Brooks and (free agency winner) Jock Lansdale, what can we expect from the young prospects that still litter their roster?


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