On April 18, Beijing time, Rocket General Manager Stone said in an interview that he would discuss the issue of early contract renewal with Green and Shen Jing this summer, but not necessarily finalize the contract this summer. This season, the Rockets have a 41-41 record, and although they failed to make the playoffs, the Rockets owner is very satisfied with Stone's performance. In the selection of the best general manager of the season initiated by the American media, Stone also ranked second.
This season, Shin is averaging 21.1 points, 9.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game, while Green is averaging 19.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game. In fact, Green averaged 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in the second half of the season and 27.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game since March. I have to say that although Green did not perform well in the first half of the season, he gradually improved in the second half, which still made the Rockets management very confident.
Theoretically, both Green and Shin Kyung could get a five-year, $249 million max contract, which would require both of them to trigger Rose's clause next season, that is, to be selected to the All-Star team, or to be selected as an All-Star, or to win the regular season MVP, best defensive player and other awards. If it doesn't happen, the Rockets can also provide the two with a five-year 206 million designated rookie clause contract, which means that the remaining four rookies cannot be renewed early after the third year of the rookie contract. However, Stone also said that although he will discuss an early contract extension with Green and Shin Jing, he will not necessarily reach a contract extension this summer. In other words, Stone will not offer Green and Shin Jing maximum salary contracts this summer.