The Rockets have come to an end to the season, and the team has successfully achieved the penultimate record, with a chance to win the final pick. In addition to the draft, the Rockets have to complete a number of player contract extensions this summer, including Tate, Schroeder and Porter Jr. Today, I will comb through the recent rumors of the renewal of these three players.
Tate reached a 3-year, 4.75 million yuan contract with the Rockets in 2020, and next year is the team option, and from the current situation, the Rockets will most likely execute Tate's player option. In the Rockets' two years, Tate's statistics are still good, and he averaged 11.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in his rookie season, and was selected to the rookie first team.
This season Tate played as the Rockets' starting big forward, averaging 11.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. Judging by the data, Tate's progress has not been great. However, as a player with an annual salary of only more than one million, Tate's data is very valuable.
Tate's strengths and weaknesses are very obvious, playing with passion and daring to fight, but height has become the main reason for him to become a star player. On the whole, if the Rockets want to renew Tate's contract, a three-year, $15-18 million contract is the best choice.
Porter Jr. played a season as the Rockets' starting point guard this season, and Porter Jr. did poorly before the All-Star Game. However, after the All-Star, Porter Jr. improved a lot, scoring a high score of 30 points several times at the end of the season. Porter Jr. averaged 15.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game this season. In April, Porter averaged 29 points, 6 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game, shooting 42.1% from three-point range!
Judging by the results of all aspects so far, the Rockets are ready to keep Porter behind. Stone may have recently sent Porter Jr. a four-year, $50 million contract. Porter Jr. is making $1.78 million this season and only $3.22 million next season. From Porter's current performance, 50 million should not be enough, and it is estimated that he will eventually sign for 4 years and 60 million US dollars.
In fact, the whereabouts of Porter Jr. and Tate are not something that the Rockets need to consider right away, and Stone now needs to consider whether to keep Schroeder. Before the trade deadline, the Rockets sent Theiss from the Celtics in exchange for Schroeder. After joining the Rockets, Schroeder averaged 10.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game. As a substitute defender, Schroeder is still good at organizing the offense, especially playing with Green, which always has some miracle effects.
Will the Rockets leave Schroeder behind? For now, it's quite possible. The Rockets will most likely send Wall away this summer, and the vacated salary space could give Schroeder a $10 million annual contract.
From the current point of view, the Rockets will most likely leave Porter Jr. Tate is very likely to be a bargaining chip, and Schroeder sees the final outcome of the negotiations between the two sides.