Interesting news about signing, Pelinka makes a mistake and fisherman makes a profit, Capela cares about Houston and refuses Harden

On the first day of the opening of the free agent trading market, the Rockets were rewarding a lot. They won Finney Smith and Capela one after another, strengthening the team's overall lineup depth. In the process of signing, many interesting stories actually appeared, and the Rockets were lucky enough to get two strong players in the end.

The first is the news about Finney Smith. According to media, when Finney Smith was still considering whether to jump out of the contract, Lakers general manager Pelinka spread the issue of Finney Smith's old knee injury in the league. Intent to make Smith's market fall and then give the Lakers a chance to take advantage of it.

But in the end, Finney Smith learned the news, so he directly chose to jump out of the contract of $15.2 million for the last year. He never considered the Lakers and turned around and signed a contract of $53 million for the Rockets.

After the Hawks decided not to renew Capela, there were many team management in the league and many league players calling Capela for recruitment. Of course, there were James Harden, who "feeded" Capela again and again at the time. He wanted Capela to play with him in the Los Angeles Clippers.

However, Capela said that after thinking for a long time, he chose the Rockets who he had played for 6 years. He believed that this was where his dream began. Returning to the Rockets' home game always made him feel at ease, so he finally chose $21.5 million for three years and back to the Rockets. After seeing Capela being signed by the Rockets, the Clippers immediately signed the Bucks' starting center Brooke Lopez for two years and $18 million last season.

The Rockets' two signings indirectly "scavenge" the Lakers. In the free agent market, Finney Smith, Capela, and Lopez were all the top reinforcement targets on the team's roster. However, they were instantly divided by the Rockets and the Clippers. Until the end of the first day of the free agent market, the Lakers did not even have any operations, which undoubtedly delayed their pace of strengthening during the offseason.

And after the Rockets got Finney Smith and Capela, the team did not reduce their desire for Whitmore's trading. Previously, Whitmore said that he needed to get more playing time like other rookies in the team to focus on training, but the team's coach Uduka was not satisfied with Whitmore's performance on both offense and defense. The team's backcourt is likely to be Amen and VanVleet's partner, and the main rotation is Shepard and Aaron Holiday.

And at the No. 3 position, Durant will be the starting lineup, and the substitute will most likely be Finney Smith. No need to think that the number 4 is all Xiao Jia and Ethan. There is no rotation position for Whitmore in the number 1, 2, 3 and 4. We can't let him play No. 5, but Whitmore can't compete for No. 5, and Shin Kyung, Adams and Capela, he can't compete for either.

According to Iko, the Rockets have put Whitmore on the shelves in order to trade it as soon as possible, and the team's goal is to exchange for a good first-round pick and get more than $3 million in salary space.

With this salary space, the team can add another ball handler to the team. Signing Brogden with a basic salary seems to be a good choice. Brogden averaged 21.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game in his peak season. Last season with the Wizards, he averaged 12.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. While the trading market has been open for a day, the veteran who still had a $22.5 million contract last season did not reach a sign.

If no team has given Brogdon a offer after July 7, the Rockets can try to win the 32-year-old veteran with basic salary, and this is likely to be the last strengthening for the Rockets this season's offseason. Do you think the Rockets will eventually send Whitmore away? Welcome to like, follow, and leave a message to discuss!