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Potential extensions for Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by OremLK, Jun 24, 2024.

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Should the Rockets offer extensions to Sengun and/or Green?

Poll closed Sep 22, 2024.

  1. Yes, both of them for the max.

    14 vote(s)
    6.3%

  2. Only Sengun, for the max.

    56 vote(s)
    25.1%

  3. Only Green, for the max.

    4 vote(s)
    1.8%

  4. Sengun for the max, Green for less than the max.

    39 vote(s)
    17.5%

  5. Green for the max, Sengun for less than the max.

    1 vote(s)
    0.4%

  6. Both of them for less than the max.

    43 vote(s)
    19.3%

  7. Neither of them, let them both go to restricted free agency next offseason.

    66 vote(s)
    29.6%
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  1. Bobbythegreat

    Bobbythegreat Member
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    I would offer Sengun less than the max and nothing at all to Green. If Sengun said no, I'd let him go to RFA and match any offer.
     
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  2. yixiixiy

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    There is a world that JG gets extended first (for ~30m AAV) due to his much much higher cap hold (>35m), while Alpi goes the Maxey route.
     
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  3. OremLK

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    Problem is that's a very Daryl Morey, "players-as-assets", NBA 2k way of thinking about things--it's not necessarily that simple when there are real people with real egos involved.
     
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    For sure. I think the most likely scenario is that neither gets extended.

    That said, if JG agrees to a lower than max extension, I don’t see why Alpi will have issue doing the RFA thingy. He and Maxey are sort of close and as long as a wink-wink max deal is there, I don’t see ego being an issue here.

    It’s different if we extend Alpi a max deal first and don’t agree to nothing with JG. Green strikes me as having more ego.

     
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  5. Bobbythegreat

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    They could just renounce rights to him to get rid of that cap hold...
     
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    Barnes is very good on BOTH sides of the court
     
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    why would they. I understand they can opt to trade him by deadline with 50 cents on the dollar but why would they renounce him?

     
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  8. hlmbasketball

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    No one should be comparing Alpi and Green to Barnes. He's been good since his rookie season and he has progressed each yr.

    Alpi was darn near traded last off season, Jalen was darn near traded before the trade deadline.

    Alpi plays on one side of the court and Jalen plays half a season.

    Wait on both!
     
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    Because you're talking to an insane person, or a troll, or both.
     
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    Sengun and Barnes are close in current production/talent level. That's not an outlier opinion, it's basically the consensus among the media.

    Green is far behind both of them though.
     
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    If they fail to find a team who wants him in trade and they don't want to keep him, you renounce to free the cap hold
     
    #32 Bobbythegreat, Jun 24, 2024
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    You don't run the team.
     
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    Find a New Team
     
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    Neither is max worthy.

    There is not a single player in the NBA right now that would compliment Green or Sengun and build around as a championship team. To be a MAX level player, you need to be THAT go-to guy in any situation.
     
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    It's fine to hold that opinion, but other NBA organizations demonstrably do not feel that way--hence Barnes getting the max, Desmond Bane last offseason, etc.

    It's okay to hold two max/near-max contracts--and at least one of those needs to be a "franchise player".

    Sengun and Green aren't there yet, but it's possible they'll get there. If you were to give both of them extensions, you'd be banking on one of them becoming the best player on a championship team in the future, and the other ideally being a good #2 guy.
     
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    National conspiracy to break up a future legendary duo.
     
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    Both Toronto and Memphis won't be sniffing deep post season success anytime soon. If the Rockets organization is cool with first round exits then sure.
     
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  20. OremLK

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    Memphis had the second-best record in the West last season, they were just incredibly dinged up this year.

    For Toronto, they're early in their rebuild, so of course they're not going to go deep in the post season yet.

    In any case, like I said, I am leaning toward letting the two of them go to RFA, but I would expect the Rockets to sign one or both to a max extension after that.
     
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