VanVleet signs 3-year contract with Houston Rockets as a free agent

On an opening night of free agency Fred VanVleet is headed to a new home.

He agreed to a three-year deal Friday with the Houston Rockets that’ll pay him about $130 million, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press.

VanVleet — who famously uses the phrase “bet on yourself” to describe his career trajectory from undrafted player to NBA champion with the Toronto Raptors — will make about $525,000 per game over the next three seasons with the Rockets, which is close to how much he was making in Toronto as a rookies – about $550,000.

Free VanVleet will make roughly $43.3M per year on his next deal ? pic.twitter.com/m2k34CIXkz

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“Love seeing guys getting paid,” Boston star Jayson Tatum tweeted regarding the deal.