The Rockets have officially re-signed guard Dante Exum and waived Tyler Bey to create a roster space for him, according to the NBA’s transactions log. Hoops Rumors’ JD Shaw was the first to report the Bey transaction (Twitter link).
The deal is expected to be for three years and could be worth up to $15MM, but it will be non-guaranteed and will be heavy on incentives, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon (Twitter link). We’ll have to wait for more details on the agreement to get a sense of how much Exum will realistically earn if he makes the regular season roster.
With John Wall not expected to play for the team this season as it seeks to trade him, the Rockets were in the market for another point guard. The Rockets’ interest in Exum surfaced on Tuesday.
Exum’s career has been marred by major injuries since he was selected with the No. 5 overall pick by the Jazz in 2014. He was dealt to Cleveland in December 2019.
Exum ended up with the Rockets this past winter as part of the four-team James Harden trade, though injuries kept him on the bench for the entirety of his 2020/21 Houston tenure. He appeared in just six games for Cleveland last season.
Exum played a prominent role on Australia’s bronze medal-winning squad at the Tokyo Olympics, averaging 9.0 PPG and 2.8 APG.
Bey, a 6’7” forward, signed an Exhibit 10 contract with Houston on Aug. 25.
He was a high second-round selection in 2020 out of Colorado, taken with the 36th pick by the Sixers. He was included in the deal that sent Josh Richardson to the Mavericks for Seth Curry. Bey only played 18 games with the Mavs, and averaged just 3.9 minutes a game in those 18 contests, though he recorded 15.1 PPG and 9.2 RPG in the G League.
His contract is reported to have a lot of incentives in it with a minimum base salary.
Likely incentives for outgoing salary in trades.
He’s not even worth the minimum. Should be Europe or G- league. Working his way back in.
As a result, Rockets trade Harden for Exum, 3 Firsts from Nets and 1 First from Bucks?
I consider the swaps are fake
Didn’t they get Porter jr in the trade or am I wrong
You are wrong
Not in that trade, but once they traded Harden it gave them an opening on the roster and they got Porter for basically nothing.
Compared to AD and PG-13 trades, this is an abomination
Brooklyn’s window of opportunity with Durant, who’s about to turn 33, and Harden at age 32 isn’t exactly going to last for too much longer. So in 2023, the swap is very unlikely. But by 2025 and 2027 the Rockets could easily be better than the Nets and those swaps could be worth quite a bit.
Trading a perennial MVP candidate for a “could be in 2025 and 2027” is an embarrassment
Is that one dude gunna change his screen name to ExumWood now? LOLOLOL
That or WOODforEXUM
Marty has me on mute so he can’t possibly even know. Too bad.
However I’m quite confident that the future for Jalen Green, Christian Wood, and Kevin Porter will be a lot brighter than that of Curry, Klay, and Draymond. Definitely in another year or two.
I don’t understand this completely. Let Wall sit and sign Exum who is no better than Wall when it comes to injuries. At least Wall can score. This is either A) Believing into these younger guys B) tanking for another Top 3 pick for this draft C) Wall has something going on that we aren’t aware of. Something isn’t right
Likely tanking and I can’t blame them
A lot of teams suffer an implicit tank because a player is held out, but there should be strong fines for holding out two— for Rockets, their 2nd+4th in minutes. Of course so far there is only talk regarding Gordon, but that may be a warm-up.
I liked Exum coming out. He has good size and could play either guard spot. I know he’s had real injuries. But it’s been SEVEN yrs now. He should be in Europe or G-league. Making his way back to NBA. Nttilikina at the minimum, 23 yrs old. Is a much better gamble for a rebuilding team.
The story is to Bey continued