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Ben DuBose

Full Houston Rockets 17-player payroll for 2022-23 NBA season

The Houston Rockets remain one of the youngest teams in the NBA. Yet, entering what is considered by most as the third season of a franchise rebuild, clear signs of optimism are emerging.

The optimism starts with second-year guard Jalen Green, who looks to have picked up where he left off in his dynamic 2021-22 rookie season. In case you forgot, that’s when he finished with an historic scoring burst that led to a spot on the league’s All-Rookie first team.

There’s also Jabari Smith Jr., selected by Houston at No. 3 in the first round of the 2022 NBA draft. For Smith, this season offers an opportunity to justify that lofty draft placement and show his potential as a future franchise cornerstone alongside Green.

Combine that duo with promising young players Alperen Sengun, Tari Eason, KJ Martin and recently extended guard Kevin Porter Jr., and it’s easy to see the reasons for optimism. That youth is also why the Rockets are a relatively inexpensive team, particularly if excluding dead money in the form of former players (i.e. John Wall).

Here are the full Rockets roster and salaries entering the 2022-23 regular season. This version reflects all moves made to trim from Houston’s 20-man roster at training camp to the NBA’s limit of 15 standard contracts and two two-way deals for the season, such as the recent waiving of veteran big man Derrick Favors.

This list is sorted in ascending order from least to most, financially, during the 2022-23 season, according to HoopsHype salary data. Any potential future earnings for each Rockets player as part of his current contract are noted beneath each photo.

Trevor Hudgins: $508,891 (two way)

Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: None

Darius Days: $1,017,781 (two way)

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: None

Daishen Nix: $1,563,518

Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $1.8 million for 2023-24, $2 million for 2024-25; both nonguaranteed

KJ Martin: $1,782,621

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $1.9 million for 2023-24, nonguaranteed

Garrison Mathews: $2,000,000

AP Photo/Matt Slocum

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $2 million for 2023-24, $2.2 million for 2024-25; both nonguaranteed

TyTy Washington: $2,210,040

Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $2.3 million for 2023-24, $2.4 million for 2024-25, $4.4 million for 2025-26; final two seasons are team options

Josh Christopher: $2,372,160

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $2.5 million for 2023-24, $4.3 million for 2024-25; both seasons are team options

Usman Garuba: $2,471,160

AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $2.6 million for 2023-24, $4.4 million for 2024-25; both seasons are team options

Bruno Fernando: $2,717,391

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $2.6 million for 2023-24, $2.7 million for 2024-25, $2.9 million for 2025-26; all nonguaranteed

Kevin Porter Jr.: $3,217,631

Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $18.2 million per year through 2026-27; every season after 2023-24 is nonguaranteed

Tari Eason: $3,359,160

Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $3.5 million for 2023-24, $3.7 million for 2024-25, $5.7 million for 2025-26; final two seasons are team options

Alperen Sengun: $3,375,360

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Boban Marjanovic: $3,500,000

Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: none

Jae’Sean Tate: $7,065,217

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $6.5 million for 2023-24, $7.1 million for 2024-25; final season is a team option

Jabari Smith Jr.: $8,882,640

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $9.3 million for 2023-24, $9.8 million for 2024-25, $12.4 million for 2025-26; final two seasons are team options

Jalen Green: $9,441,840

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $9.9 million for 2023-24, $12.5 million for 2024-25; both seasons are team options

Eric Gordon: $19,568,360

John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports

Seasons of current contract beyond 2022-23: $20.9 million for 2023-24, nonguaranteed

2022-23 dead/retained cap figures

Carmen Mandato/Pool Photo via AP
  • John Wall: $40,866,760
  • Derrick Favors: $10,183,800
  • Moe Harkless: $4,564,980
  • Ty Jerome: $4,220,057
  • Theo Maledon: $1,900,000
  • DJ Augustin: $333,333
  • Troy Williams: $122,741

These are players who were previously waived by the Rockets, but are still being paid this season based on the financial terms of their contract at the time of each player’s release.

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