Cam Payne is still a free agent...
As the Houston Rockets approach the 2025-26 NBA season, their roster still maintains a glaring need: another reliable ball-handler behind starting point guard Fred VanVleet.
Yet, their lack of financial flexibility as a result of their proximity to the first apron is preventing them from filling their final roster spot, and the organization can only watch as a perfect free agent target such as Cam Payne sits unsigned near the beginning of training camp.