The Rockets have many problems to deal with this offseason, and the draft is the focus, but they also face the problem of player contract renewal. At present, the Rockets have 15 official players, Schroder and Fernando are expiring contracts, the probability is not to stay, in addition, in the middle of the season, the Rockets have corrected Matthews' contract with Martin Jr. next season, so now there are wall, Wood, Porter Jr., Tate four-person contract, they are all facing a contract extension, Wall Needless to say, Wood Many experts predict that the offseason will be traded away, so now there are two people left with Porter Jr. and Tate, but Little Porter's contract extension has been discussed a lot, here mainly talk about the Tate problem.
Tate still has the final year of team options left, although there is no news that the Rockets have executed, but judging from previous interviews with team management, they have seen Tate as part of the team's long-term plan, so it is only a matter of time before the team options are executed next season. So his contract extension was also mentioned, rocket journalist Kelly Iko said in response to questions from fans that Tate could get up to a contract of more than $60 million.
And everyone knows that Tate is an older draft, wandering overseas for two years in the summer of 2020 with the Rockets reached a 3-year 4.75 million non-guarantee contract, and in the past two seasons Tate has indeed shown a lot of different things, especially his performance on the court, full of passion for any game, willing to do dirty work on the court, and is regarded by many fans as another spiritual leader after Tucker. However, in Kelly Iko's view, Tate is unlikely to get such a renewal, he expects Tate to get a contract extension of between 36 million and 48 million, but basically this is almost equivalent to a poison contract.
Take a look at Tate's stats for the past two seasons:
Played in 70 games in the 2020-2021 season, 58 of which entered the starting lineup, averaging 11.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.2 steals, 0.5 blocks, and 1.4 turnovers in 29 minutes, including 4.5 of 8.9 shots, shooting 51% from the field, and 0.9 of 2.8 from three-point range, shooting 31%;
Played in 78 games in the 2021-2022 season, 77 of which entered the starting lineup, averaging 11.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.5 blocks, and 1.8 turnovers in 26.4 minutes, including 9.3 shots, shooting 4.7 of 50%, and shooting 0.8 of 2.6 three-pointers, shooting 31%;
As can be seen through the above data, in the case of Tate's increased role status, his personal data has not improved significantly, and even more mistakes have occurred because of too much ball holding, this season I believe that everyone has seen Tate turn a pick more than one time this season, and Tate is only 1.93 meters tall, but he likes to play the No. 4 position, it is undeniable that he has a good basket to finish his footsteps, but he has a great disadvantage at both ends of the attack and defense, especially in the absence of three-point projection. Considering his 28-year-old age, the rocket should not give him an annual salary of more than 7 million, 5 million is the most appropriate, more rockets can only be pit themselves.