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Former NBA star Nick Van Exel’s Houston home is back on the market for $12 million, just seven months after its former owners — embroiled in a $280 million fraud case — rushed to sell the mansion as their assets were seized.
Although he acknowledged that returning to Partizan remains a dream, Bogdanovic stressed that his full attention is on the Rockets. “I have now signed with Houston, and my mind is completely there. I can’t think about what might happen in two, three or four years.”
A 20,900-square-foot mansion once featured on MTV’s 'Cribs is back on the market, less than a year after it was sold in one of Houston’s priciest deals of 2025. Now listed for $11.99 million, the Royal Oaks estate was once owned by former NBA All-Star Nick Van Exel. Van Exel, who lived in Houston during NBA off-seasons, spent 13 years playing for various teams including the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs. He earned an All-Star selection with the Lakers in 1998 before retiring in 2006 and later transitioning into coaching.
Will Guillory: LIFE UPDATE: After 10 amazing years (Yes, I'm old) covering the New Orleans Pelicans in my hometown, I'm officially moving to Houston to shift my role and cover the Houston Rockets on a full-time basis for us at @TheAthletic . I'll still be around covering Pelicans news here and there. But I'm extremely excited and grateful to begin this next phase in my career.
The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed forward Tarik Biberovic (TAH-rick bee-BEHR-oh-vitch). Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dallas acquired the rights to Biberović along with forward Santi Aldama from Memphis as part of a six-team trade that was announced on Wednesday. The Mavericks sent guard AJ Johnson, a top-20 protected 2030 first-round pick (via Golden State) and a 2029 second-round pick (via Houston) to the Grizzlies as part of the deal.
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Bobby Marks: Contract does not hard cap Houston at the first apron, thus giving themselves flexibility to bring back restricted forward Tari Eason. Houston is $28.5M below the second apron hard cap.
Sources say that the Rockets have thus engaged several teams in trade discussions in recent days to try to offload Dorian Finney-Smith and clear the way to furnish Smart with a multiyear offer expected to land in the $7 million range in annual average value. Without trading Finney-Smith. Houston would still be able to sign Smart to a two-year deal valued at an estimated $13 million.
Shams Charania: Free agent Bogdan Bogdanovic has agreed to a one-year deal with the Houston Rockets, sources tell ESPN. Rockets executives recruited Bogdanovic tonight and now land an established, playoff-tested shooter for his 10th NBA season.
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Houston is expected to extend an $8.01 million qualifying offer to Eason, according to a team source, who was granted anonymity to discuss deliberations still in progress. That move would officially make Eason a restricted free agent. Eason admitted that there were times last season when he struggled mentally with the scrutiny that came with playing a full season knowing his contract situation was unsettled. Unfortunately for him, there’s a chance he won’t be finalizing a new deal anytime soon as the Rockets sort through all the other business they have to handle.
Kelly Iko: Houston is also extending a qualifying offer to Tari Eason this afternoon, sources say, making him a restricted free agent.
The Rockets do, however, loom as a possible free agent destination for another one of Udoka's former players in Boston: Marcus Smart. League sources say that Smart, who is expected to draw interest from Houston and possibly other teams in free agency, is very much giving consideration to declining his $5.4 million player option for next season with the Lakers before Monday's deadline to do so and then proceed to the open market.