Is Tari playing his way out of Houston, financially?

There is simply no publicly available metric that capture individual defensive value. I am always skeptical about using one set of numbers to measure how good a player is on defense. Also, there is a thing called fit. We usually think about fit on offense, how different skillsets fit well together or not. But defensive fit is sometimes overlooked. In fact, a big part of defense is teamwork. They all have to "hide" each other's weaknesses, which include size, speed, and skills.

 

Need a “is Tari broke thread”

 

Get Tari signed u fools!

 

The more & more time that goes by, I worry that the Rockets won't extend Eason, meaning they could be looking at Tari as an asset in a trade, I know people have said Giannis, but that would likely have to include nothing just Sengun, plus the picks from Phoenix, but also Eason, I hope Amen is off limits, maybe that's what they're waiting on, that & a KD extension.

 

Tari's extension wouldn't kick in until next season. I think they will be able to stay below 2nd apron. For keeping Tari, I think Rockets would go over 1st apron.

At some point, I expect Tari or JSJ to be traded, but it would be more than just to move their salary to avoid the 1st apron.