On July 6, Beijing time, a reporter from the American "Houston Documentary" wrote an in-depth analysis of the NBA Rockets' refusal to advance the 2024 offseason by one year with guard Jalen. The important reason why Green and center Shen Jing completed the contract extension with the highest salary: mainly to assess what the team's performance will be after the end of the 2024-2025 season, and to retain the flexibility of the future lineup to be adjusted at any time!
Jay. Green and Shin are the 2021 draft picks, the former is the No. 16 pick of the year, and the latter is the No. 16 pick with the first pick, and both are eligible to agree to a five-year, $225 million contract extension with the Rockets in the 2024 offseason, and this contract has a stipulation that if the two are named to the All-NBA team in the 2024-2025 season, the five-year contract will automatically be increased to a five-year, $269 million contract. Among the players in the 2021 draft, there are already three players such as Barnes of the Raptors (No. 4 pick of the year), Cunningham of the Pistons (No. 8 pick of the year), and Wagner Jr. of the Magic team (No. 8 pick of the year), all of whom received a five-year contract extension with a maximum salary of more than $200 million a year ahead of schedule.
22-year-old Jay. Green, a shooting guard, played in a total of 82 games in the 2023-2024 regular season, ranked first in the league, played an average of 31.7 minutes per game, and could score 19.6 points + 5.2 rebounds + 3.5 assists + 0.8 steals + 0.3 blocks, shooting 42.0% from the field, 33.0% from three-point range, and 80.0% from the free throw line.
The 22-year-old Shen Jing, who plays the center position, played a total of 63 games in the 2023-2024 regular season, averaging 32.5 minutes per game, and could get 21.1 points + 9.3 rebounds + 5.0 assists + 1.2 steals + 0.7 blocks, shooting 53.0% from the field, 29.0% from three-point range, and 69.0% from the free throw line.
According to the analysis of the "Houston Documentary": After the NBA Rockets is over next season, it will be difficult to keep Jalen at the same time. Green and Shin Jing, they currently have too many talented young players in the team, and there is Jabari Jr. Smith, Ethan, Amen. Thompson, Whitmore, Shepard and others, if the Rockets still can't advance to the playoffs in the 2024-2025 season, they will definitely make a big roster change in the 2025 offseason. Green and Shin Kyung will have to trade at least one of them, or both of them will be traded, so let's keep looking forward to it!