The Houston Rockets have also made some smaller signings of role players to come in and produce off the bench in the form of Tarik Black, P.J. Tucker and Luc Mbah A Moute. The signing of P.J. Tucker to a four year deal for roughly $8 million per year signals something more though.
That’s just about the exact same contract Trevor Ariza has had over the past four seasons. And this year is the final year of his contract. Which signals to me the Rockets are going to have to lose money somewhere for the 2018 offseason, and Trevor Ariza will be that monetary loss.