{"id":771589,"date":"2026-06-30T18:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771589\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:24:19","slug":"details-on-a-possible-marcus-smart-contract-with-the-rockets-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771589\/","title":{"rendered":"Details on a possible Marcus Smart contract with the Rockets revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/houston-rockets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rockets<\/a>&#8216; 2025-26 roster did not live up to the hype it had coming into the season, after an early exit in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>They have some work to do this summer to get back into the mix with contenders like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder<\/a> in the West.<\/p>\n<p>They might try to make a major move to shake things up, but smaller moves are important too, including one that we may see made at the very start of NBA free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Details on a possible Marcus Smart contract with the Rockets revealed<\/p>\n<p>Grant Afseth of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dallashoopsjournal.com\/marcus-smart-rockets-free-agency-udoka-reunion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Hoops Journal<\/a>\u00a0reported that the Rockets could look to reunite Marcus Smart with his former coach, Ime Udoka, this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The price tag is said to be around three years, $21 million.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/toronto-raptors\/news\/kawhi-leonard-trade-raptors-once-settled\/5a3f5768bf55b2825f984ce7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Kawhi Leonard trade to the Raptors could happen once this one thing is settled<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smart spent his first nine seasons in Boston, including a short stint when he was coached by Udoka.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s moved around the NBA in the past few years, but a three-year deal in Houston would give the 32-year-old some comfort in knowing he could have more of a long-term home for now.<\/p>\n<p>Smart did grow up in Texas, so going to Houston wouldn&#8217;t be a major surprise, as he has roots there.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2025-26 NBA season, Smart played 62 games with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakers<\/a>, averaging 9.3 points, 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA articles:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rockets&#8216; 2025-26 roster did not live up to the hype it had coming into the season, after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-771589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}