On June 30, Beijing time, NBA reporter Charania reported that the Rockets have refused to implement Tate's 180-game team option next season, which will become a restricted free agent this summer. The two sides intend to begin negotiating a new contract on Friday.
Many people don't understand the intention of Raphael Stone's move, and isn't it better to use Tate for a season with a "child labor contract" of 1.8 million? In fact, if he plays another season, Tate will hold bird rights, and his salary can rise to 35%, and at present, only the early bird rights can only rise by 25%, and Stone has done this to save salary space for next summer.
CBS reporter Yossi Gozlan wrote: "Tate has early bird rights, and he is eligible to sign a four-year, $50 million contract extension with the Rockets this summer. Considering the impact of Tate and Kevin Porter Jr. on the salary cap in 2023, the Rockets hope to clear at least 60 million more space, and both of them will have to clear more than 50 million with their salaries.
The Rockets traded Wood and bought out Wall, their current 17-man roster is only $110 million, and the three newly signed rookies Ethan, Jabari Smith Jr., and Taitai Washington have not yet signed, but the only player on the big list of tens of millions of players is Gordon, and Stone is already planning for the operation of the summer of 2023.
Philadelphia is still chasing Eric Gordon and wants to sign PJ Tucker, who is looking for a three-year contract with a starting salary of more than 10 million, and Philadelphia GM is still mediating. The Rockets will not take over the second long contract and just want to send Gordon to clean up space + a future first-round pick, so that even if Tate and Porter Jr. are renewed, they can have 60 million space to operate.
According to team record Kelly Iko, Martin Jr. has discussed applying for a trade with the team, but his father Martin Sr. said that KJ is exercising himself in the gym, he is still a member of the Rockets, he is focused on becoming a better player, we are not worried about those rumors.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream