![]() ![]() ![]() The question is: Is he prepared for what awaits? It’s damn near impossible to turn that down. After persistent rumors of the Rockets luring VanVleet away from Toronto with a two-year deal, VanVleet walked away with an extra year of max-level money on his contract. ![]() He made the league wait on him-and then shocked it completely with the first (and maybe only?) max contract of this free agency period. This was his moment-though I doubt even he could have imagined signing a deal like this when he made his iconic “Bet on Myself” speech at his draft party after going undrafted in 2016. I felt a strange pang of pride for Fred VanVleet when the deal was announced. The Most Lucrative Contract Ever Given to a Nanny: Fred VanVleet’s Three-Year, $130 Million Deal With the Houston Rockets With that said, let’s hand out some superlatives for the first night of free agency. While plenty of players decided to stay put (with almost embarrassing quickness), Day 1 did not leave those gorging at the slop trough completely hungry. It’s proof of the shadow dealings and games of Agent Telephone that echo for days, if not weeks, before the formalities of a Woj or Shams tweet. For all the talk of this being a weak NBA free agent class, nothing quite prepares you for the deluge of reports that come flooding in mere minutes after the bell is rung. ![]()
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