VanVleet exercised his $25 million player option for next season, which is also the final year of his two-year contract. The Rockets also signed veteran guards Marcus Smart and Bojan Bogdanovic for insurance and depth. Those three guards will allow Thompson and sharpshooter Reed Sheppard to play off the ball more. VanVleet has been working out daily and is close to being on “the court full time, ramping up, feeling good.” He also told Andscape he is confident he will be ready to play in the Rockets’ first preseason game next season, and he “feels like a rookie again.”
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