{"id":357585,"date":"2026-07-01T18:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357585\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:41:13","slug":"rockets-marcus-smart-reportedly-agree-to-2-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357585\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets, Marcus Smart reportedly agree to 2-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2254889\" class=\"wp-image-2254889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/smart1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus Smart is a former Kia Defensive Player of the Year winner.<\/p>\n<p>Former Kia Defensive Player of the Year winner Marcus Smart has reached a deal with the Rockets. Per ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, Houston and Smart have settled on a two-year, $13 million deal. Last season, Smart posted 9.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 3 apg and 1.4 spg in 62 games.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent guard Marcus Smart has agreed on a two-year, $13 million deal with the Houston Rockets, plus a player option for the second season, sources tell ESPN. The former Defensive Player of the Year reunites with Ime Udoka for significant opportunity in the Rockets backcourt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NzfArD8zbF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NzfArD8zbF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2072281598607728947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smart and the Lakers ousted the Rockets in six games in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs. Smart was particularly strong in that series, averaging 14.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 5.5 apg and 2.7 spg as he continually stymied Houston\u2019s backcourt with key defensive plays.<\/p>\n<p>In Houston, he\u2019ll pair with promising guard Amen Thompson and Reed Sheppard \u2014 as well as veteran All-Star forward Kevin Durant and center Alperen Sengun \u2014 to give the Rockets additional depth. The Rockets further remodeled their backcourt earlier in free agency as they reportedly agreed to a one-year deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/bogdan-bogdanovic-rockets-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with Bogdan Bogdanovi\u0107<\/a> early this morning.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Smart is a former Kia Defensive Player of the Year winner. Former Kia Defensive Player of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,127080],"class_list":["post-357585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-marcus-smart-rockets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}