Tari Eason Signs 5 Years/$81 Million to Return to Houston Rockets

I like that contract structure

 

Say what you will, I think it's cool that we very well may end up locking up five of the six blue chip prospects we drafted during our three-year tanking phase, and the sixth we extended and traded for a star that we extended. Post Durant, our starting lineup could legitimately be five guys we drafted: Sheppard / Amen / Eason / Smith / Sengun.

 

I think it could be a terrific starting five, depending on development.

 

Since it wasn’t official, I would’ve rescinded the offer.

 

I have been advocating to trade Sengun. I am now thinking it is best to keep Alpi/Tari/Reed/Amen/Jabari together. They are all young and will be notably better 2-3 years from now when they are still under contracts. I expect that both Amen and Reed will end up signing team friendly deals as well.

The NY Knicks model is Brunson (who is not a franchise guy per se) and then a bunch of quality where someone can be the man each night and have it be fine if Brunson is off. We look to be more likely to hit that then wait on a Cooper Flagg.

I like the signing of Smart, but I do with it would have been something longer term on a younger player. But if we are taking a shot at it this year, cool and we can get our core more experience.

A trade to supplement our future....

FVV/Capela/2027 worst of the two picks/2029 worst of the two picks/2031 FRP top 5 protected.

Murphy/Bey. Bey re-signs a 3 year 33 million dollar extension.

Sengun/Smith/Adams
Smith/Eason
Durant/Bey/Bogdanovic
Murphy/Reed
Amen/Smart

 

I'm honestly shocked they were able to get Tari for $14 mil starting. Seems like so many players are getting ridiculously overpayed. This one was done right.

 

If they all met or exceeded their draft spot potential you could have a Championship team on your hand. Now if only they could find a Championship level coach.