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Rockets sign Jabari Smith Jr. to 5-year, $122M extension

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by J.R., Jun 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM.

  1. J.R.

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    I love it! I love it! I love it!
     
  3. cmoak1982

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    Honestly seems like a solid deal for both sides
     
  4. CantStopJG24

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    well I hope with that contract, he's starting.
     
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    Great deal, easily tradeable if needed
     
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    seems ok.

    stone masterclass?
     
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    25.5M per year. Good to get this out of the way now. Tari you're next.

    edit: 24.4 my bad
     
  9. red5rocket

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    24.4
     
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    Wow, i love it... $24.4m/yr is great!
     
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    Little less than Naz Reid.
     
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    About what I expected--a nice value for Bari, especially as the cap continues to increase. He just needs to get a little more consistent with his shooting and he'll very easily justify this value. His archetype is rare and hard to find and really helps balance out the roster.

    Glad we got him locked up.

    Really curious what the deal for Tari is going to look like, or if there will be one at all.
     
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    Awesome deal. Thanks JR Bot - the most reliable bot we ever had :)
     
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  16. BHannes2BHonest

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    Beautiful. Stone and Eli doing Picasso work so far this summer….

    Where does that put Tari’s extension, though. Hmm
     
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    Pretty shocked he got the same.
     
  18. red5rocket

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    Yeah I was thinking $25M for Bari and $20M for Tari
     
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    Absolutely incredible contract. That's role player money. I'm very pleasantly surprised. That's barely more annually than we paid Ryan Anderson almost a decade ago.
     
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    He's not that far behind Naz as an overall player (defense + offense) and he's much younger. They're assuming there's at least a little more in there as he matures. Naz is a finished product
     
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