July 10: The Rockets have put out a press release officially confirming their new deals with Holiday and Green.
June 30: The Rockets have agreed to bring back guard Aaron Holiday and forward Jeff Green on one-year, minimum-salary contracts, reports Kelly Iko of The Athletic (Twitter link).
The news doesn’t come as a surprise, given that word broke on Friday that Houston intended to re-sign both players – along with free agent forward Jae’Sean Tate – to deals at or near the veteran’s minimum. Tate reached a one-year, $3MM agreement with the club earlier today.
Holiday, who has spent the past two seasons in Houston, had a solid season in 2024/25 as a backup point guard, averaging 5.5 points, 1.3 assists, and 1.3 rebounds per game on .437/.398/.829 shooting. However, his playing time dipped — his 12.8 minutes per game represented a career low.
While the Rockets still like Holiday, they wanted to bring him back on a more team-friendly deal than his previous contract, so they turned down his $4.9MM team option and will now carry a $2.3MM cap hit for the 28-year-old in 2025/26.
Green also played less than ever in 2024/25, averaging a career-low 12.4 minutes per game in 32 appearances. However, he’s a respected veteran locker-room leader and held his own in his limited role, with averages of 5.4 PPG and 1.8 RPG and a .504/.367/.808 shooting line.
Loaded and ready ……
I like Rockets team. Good mix of vets and young talent. This could be KDs best team. At 37 can he still carry the scoring load. Thunder and Nuggets look like Top Dogs. Can the Rockets step up?? KD will have a lot to do with it.
Point guard is still a question mark, Amen and Reed Sheppard are yo they’re going with, guess we’ll see how they do. Stacked team regardless.
I don’t see what Nuggets have done that puts them ahead of the Rockets. Lost inconsistent Jalen Green and Dillion Brooks and replaced them Kevin Durant and DFS. Just that alone makes them a lot better than last year. Growth from Amen Thompson, Jabari Smith, Alpy, and Reed Sheppard and Rockets could win it all this year
Check out their roster lol. Just trading Porter for Johnson was huge.
Money aside I prefer mjp