The Rockets have successfully pried Fred VanVleet away from Toronto.
But it required a massive contract to do so.
Just hours into NBA free agency, Houston struck a staggering three-year, $130 million deal with VanVleet, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The deal will pay the one-time All-Star point guard an average of $43.3 million per season. That's more than double the $21.25 million he made last season.
VanVleet, 29, became the first undrafted NBA player to land a $100 million deal, according to ESPN Stats & Information. He spent the first seven seasons of his career in Toronto, helping the franchise win its first NBA championship in 2019 before turning into a full-time starter in 2019-20.
After making his first All-Star team in 2021-22, VanVleet averaged 19.3 points and 7.2 assists while shooting 39.3% from the field and 34.3% from deep in 69 games last season.
Even though the Rockets had a ton of money to spend and were rumored to be targeting FVV, the deal still left many NBA fans in disbelief.
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