Despite these shortcomings, Jaylen Green remains the Rockets' most successful rookie of the season. As a talented scorer for the Rockets, Jaylen Green not only won the Best Rookie award in the West in March, but also the Best Rookie in the West in April, which should also be Jaylen Green's bag.
For Green, he has a bright future for the Rockets, although there are some shortcomings such as insufficient confrontation ability and unstable shooting, but as long as he trains well and gains weight, Jaylen Green will inevitably become one of the best No. 2 players in the league in the future. So Jaylen Green is on the Rockets, just train with peace of mind. But where does Jaylen Green's partner, the Rockets' main point guard Kevin Porter Jr., go from here?
Indeed, in the rockets' final games, Porter Jr. did no worse than Jaylen Green, and even under his leadership, the Rockets almost beat the mighty Raptors on the road. Porter Jr.'s 3rd NBA season has officially come to an end, with his 4-year standard rookie contract and a final year ahead. Previous analysis pointed out that After the end of this season, Porter Jr. can renew his contract with the Rockets in advance, and he can take a large contract of 184 million US dollars for 5 years from the Rockets, with an average annual salary of nearly 37 million US dollars!
So is Porter Jr. willing to renew his contract with the Rockets? We know that the Rockets have been at the bottom of the league for 2 years, although there will be some improvement next season, but the probability that the Rockets will continue to be bad for a year, if Porter Jr. plays in such a team, will he be "delayed"? Little Potter gave his point. In an interview with Rockets reporter Mark Berman, Porter Jr. spoke directly from his heart.
Porter Jr. said: "It's important to me. Every house is not called home, every city is not my home, and Houston is my home. Porter Jr. went on to show that he thanked Houston for giving him a new lease of life. In fact, what this is saying, everyone knows that last season, Porter Jr. fell out with his old club, the Cavaliers, and it was the Rockets who took over him and gave him the position of main point guard until this season.
Although Porter Jr.'s average per game this season is only 15.6 points, 6.1 assists and 4.4 rebounds, in some games, Porter Jr.'s scoring ability is still worth affirming. Judging from the above statement, Porter Jr. is very willing to renew his contract with the Rockets in advance this summer and "stay" with the Rockets for a long time. But what does the Rockets mean? In fact, the Rockets can make two preparations, if the Rockets can choose a rookie player who is the No. 1 position this summer, then Porter Jr. can really trade when his data is still good.
If the Rockets want to keep Porter Jr., it's not impossible. But in terms of Porter Jr.'s performance and personal data this season, his annual salary after the renewal of his contract is not worthy of the so-called 5-year 184 million US dollars, at best, the annual salary of 20 million per year is already a premium contract.
In other words, if the Rockets have the No. 1 position to replace Porter Jr., they can just send Porter Jr.; if not, then it is okay to keep Porter Jr., but the exaggerated big contract, the shrewd and stingy Houston Rockets management, should not satisfy Porter Jr.