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This season, Houston has to decide if Jalen Green is a foundational piece. (Sources say that still isn’t fully decided yet.) If not, is there a pathway to use his contract for an upgrade next offseason? On Monday, the Rockets gave Green a unique three-year, rookie-scale extension with a third-year player option. That type of extension at that price ($35.1 million on average per year) would typically be for longer. Should Green thrive with the Rockets, he will command an even larger deal sooner than his 2021 classmates. That’s why teams usually get more of a commitment from players on similar contracts.
Source: Bleacher Report More on this storyline
Source: Bleacher Report More on this storyline
Now the bad news: Houston’s decision to extend Jalen Green earlier in the day was among the more befuddling contracts I’ve seen in a while. I think this
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