Houston Rockets Salary Archive – 2016/17

Alan Draper

Sports Editor

Updated 2 years ago on August 19, 2021 4 min read

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Name	2016-17
James Harden	$26,540,100
Ryan Anderson	$18,735,364
Eric Gordon	$12,385,665
Trevor Ariza	$7,806,971
Lou Williams	$7,000,000
Patrick Beverley	$6,000,000
Nene	$2,898,000
Sam Dekker	$1,720,560
Marcelo Huertas (waived)	$1,500,000
Clint Capela	$1,296,240
Pablo Prigioni (waived)	$1,050,961
Montrezl Harrell	$1,045,000
Bobby Brown	$680,534
Chinanu Onuaku	$543,471
Gary Payton II (waived)	$543,471
Kyle Wiltjer	$543,471
Isaiah Taylor	$255,000
Bobby Brown (waived)	$253,759
Troy Williams	$150,000
Isaiah Taylor (waived)	$50,000
Troy Williams (waived)	$31,969
Total	$91,030,536

Quick: Under cap by $3.1 million.

NBA Salary Cap: $94,143,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000

Exceptions

Room Exception: $0 (Nene)

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed

Depth Chart
PG: Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Bobby Brown, Isaiah Taylor
SG: James Harden, Eric Gordon
SF: Trevor Ariza, Troy Williams
PF: Ryan Anderson, Sam Dekker, Kyle Wiltjer
C: Clint Capela, Montrezl Harrell, Nene, Chinanu Onuaku

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Acquisitions

6/1/16 — Hire Coach Mike D’Antoni.
6/23/16 — Drafted Chinanu Onuaku (37th) and Zhou Qi (43rd)
6/29/16 — Dwight Howard opted out of the final year of his contract.
6/30/16 — Issued a $4,433,683 qualifying offer to Donatas Motiejunas.
7/9/16 — Renounced the rights to Jason Terry, Dwight Howard, Terrence Jones and Josh Smith.
7/9/16 — Signed Ryan Anderson to a four-year, $80 million contract.
7/9/16 — Signed Gordon to a four-year, $52.9 million contract.
7/9/16 — Restructured and extended James Harden’s contract to a four-year, $118 million deal, player option on final season.
7/19/16 — Signed Chinanu Onuaku (2016-37th) to a three-year, $2.5 million contract.
7/19/16 — Signed Nene to a one-year, $2.9 million contract.
7/28/16 — Signed Pablo Prigioni to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $2.2 million contract.
8/1/16 — Michael Beasley’s $1.0 million guaranteed for 2016-17.
9/22/16 — Traded Michael Beasley to Milwaukee Bucks for Tyler Ennis.
9/23/16 — Signed Gary Payton II to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1,448.720 contract ($543,471).
9/23/16 — Signed Kyle Wiltjer to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1,448.720 contract ($275,000).
9/23/16 — Signed Isaiah Taylor to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1.4 million contract ($50,000).
9/23/16 — Signed Bobby Brown to a one-year, non-guaranteed $980,431 summer contract.
9/29/16 — Signed P.J. Hairston to a one-year, non-guaranteed $980,431 summer contract.
10/1/16 — Qualifying offer to Donatas Motiejunas expired.
10/25/16 — Picked up team option on Clint Capela.
10/30/16 — Picked up team options on Sam Dekker.
10/31/16 — Declined team option on Tyler Ennis.
12/5/16 — Matched Brooklyn Nets’ offer sheet to Donatas Motiejunas to a four-year, partially-guaranteed $31 million contract — voided when Motiejunas refused to report for a physical.
12/7/16 — Signed Bobby Brown to a one-year, non-guaranteed $680,534 contract.
12/16/16 — Renounced rights to Donatas Motiejunas.
1/10/17 — Bobby Brown’s $680,534 guaranteed for 2016-17.
1/10/17 — Kyle Wiltjer’s $543,471 guaranteed for 2016-17.
2/23/17 — Traded Corey Brewer and a first-rounder to Los Angeles Lakers for Lou Williams.
2/23/17 — Traded K.J. McDaniels to Brooklyn Nets for $75,000.
2/23/17 — Traded Tyler Ennis and the rights to Brad Newley (2007-54th) to Los Angeles Lakers for Marcelo Huertas.
2/27/17 — Signed Isaiah Taylor to a three-year, partially-guaranteed $3,112,562 contract.
3/10/17 — Signed Troy Williams to a 10-day $31,969 contract.
3/20/17 — Signed Troy Williams for the rest of the season at $150,000.

Waived Players: Andrew Goudelock, Isaiah Taylor, Gary Payton II, Pablo Prigioni, P.J. Hairston, Bobby Brown, Marcelo Huertas

Traded Players: Corey Brewer, K.J. McDaniels

Expired 10-Day Contracts: Troy Williams

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Mike D’Antoni (estimated $15 million, three-year deal starting for 2016-17 season)

Assistants: Jeff Bzdelik, Roy Rogers, Brett Gunning, John Lucas (player development), Josh Oppenheimer (player development), Kevin Burleson (player development)

Trainers: Jason Biles, Joe Rogowski (strength and conditioning), Keith Jones (sports performance and rehabilitation), Jason Biles (sports performance and rehabilitation), Javair Gillett (sports performance and rehabilitation)

Basketball Executives

Daryl Morey — general manager
Gersson Rosas — executive vice president of basketball operations
Eli Witus — vice president of basketball operations

Pick Swaps

2017 — Owed second-rounder from Portland Trail Blazers (Thomas Robinson).
2017 — Owed second-rounder from Denver Nuggets (Ty Lawson).
2017 — Owe first-rounder to Los Angeles Lakers (Lou Williams)
2017 — Owe second-rounder to New York Knicks (Pablo Prigioni).
2019 — Owe second-rounder to New York Knicks (Pablo Prigioni), may convey to Orlando Magic (Kyle O’Quinn).

Unsigned Draft Picks

First-rounders: None
Second-rounders: Zhou Qi (2016-43rd), Alessandro Gentile (2014-53rd), Marko Todorovic (2013-45th), Jon Diebler (2011-51st), Sergio Llull (2009-34th), Axel Hervelle (2005-52nd), Serhiy Lishchuk (2004-49th), Venson Hamilton (1999-50th)

Free Agents