{"id":70380,"date":"2025-06-01T17:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/70380\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:14:10","slug":"rockets-offseason-dates-june-deadlines-and-decision-timelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/70380\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets offseason dates: June deadlines and decision timelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 NBA Finals matchup is set, with the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> representing the Western Conference and the Indiana Pacers<\/a> representing the East.<\/p>\n

The calendar has turned to June.<\/p>\n

For the 28 other NBA teams, that means the 2025 offseason is almost here. For the Houston Rockets<\/a> and other teams across the league, here\u2019s a look at key dates and deadlines over the coming weeks:<\/p>\n

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June 14-22 (first day after NBA Finals): Teams can negotiate with their own free agents<\/p>\n

June 25: First round of NBA draft<\/p>\n

June 26: Second round of NBA draft<\/p>\n

June 29: Deadline for player\/team options and qualifying offers for restricted free agents<\/p>\n

June 30 (5 p.m. Central): Teams can begin negotiating and reaching verbal agreements with free agents from other clubs<\/p>\n

Trades can occur at any time, although to use 2025-26 salary figures, teams will need to wait until July (the start of the next fiscal year) to process those with the league office. For salary matching purposes<\/a>, deals finalized in June will be based on 2024-25 salaries.<\/p>\n

For those June 30 free agency negotiations, the Rockets are likely to operate above the NBA\u2019s 2025-26 salary cap<\/a>. That means their maximum financial tool available (excluding trades) to sign external free agents will be either the non-taxpayer mid-level exception (MLE), estimated<\/a> at a starting salary of $14.1 million, or the taxpayer MLE, which is estimated at $5.7 million.<\/p>\n

The decision on which one the Rockets will use will depend on total 2025-26 payroll projections<\/a>, which will depend on the surrounding roster composition at the time.<\/p>\n

For the Rockets (salaries<\/a>), players with June deadlines or decisions to be made include:<\/p>\n

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Fred VanVleet, 2025-26 team option ($44.9 million)<\/p>\n

Steven Adams, unrestricted free agent, Full Bird rights<\/a> ($12.6 million salary in 2024-25)<\/p>\n

Jae\u2019Sean Tate, unrestricted free agent, Full Bird rights<\/a> ($7.6 million salary in 2024-25)<\/p>\n

Jeff Green, unrestricted free agent, Early Bird rights<\/a> ($8.0 million salary in 2024-25)<\/p>\n

Jock Landale, 2025-26 non-guaranteed salary ($8.0 million)<\/p>\n

Aaron Holiday, 2025-26 team option ($4.9 million)<\/p>\n

N\u2019Faly Dante, 2025-26 qualifying offer (two-way<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Jack McVeigh, 2025-26 qualifying offer (two-way<\/a>)<\/p>\n

On July 1, players who just finished their third NBA seasons on rookie-scale contracts will become extension eligible. That extension window runs until just prior to the start of the next regular season in October.<\/p>\n

In Houston, this will apply to Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason.<\/p>\n

More: Rockets, Fred VanVleet delay deadline for 2025-26 contract decision<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: Rockets offseason dates: June deadlines and decision timelines<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 NBA Finals matchup is set, with the Oklahoma City Thunder representing the Western Conference and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[6251,7,866,8132,292,194,4066,126,2497,14870,10569,3692,6,1220,1408,179,211,962,873,11015,574],"class_list":{"0":"post-70380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-aaron-holiday","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-fred-vanvleet","11":"tag-free-agents","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-houston-rockets","14":"tag-houstonrockets","15":"tag-indiana-pacers","16":"tag-jabari-smith-jr","17":"tag-jack-mcveigh","18":"tag-jeff-green","19":"tag-jock-landale","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nba-finals","22":"tag-nba-teams","23":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","24":"tag-rockets","25":"tag-steven-adams","26":"tag-tari-eason","27":"tag-unrestricted-free-agent","28":"tag-western-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114609236581358793","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}