Houston Rockets are correct. Tari is not that good….he choked in the playoffs when it mattered most. He was the only player on the team who choked worse than Jalen Green. Couldn’t make a free throw for his life when critical in playoffs. Very disappointing as I thought he’d be clutch with the chips on the line and he wilted time and again in the playoffs.
I think a second round pick would save at least $700,000 on these numbers. https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ns-every-nba-teams-extension-eligible-players He predicts 5 years, $110M. That is $18.6 the first year. That would leave KD with a starting extension salary of $54.7M. That seems doable. Longer contract could coax Tari into settling for less in the first season. Not sure Rockets want to do 5 years without team options though.
Shooting fts is kinda important. But you are right thats beside the point. Jones was defensive first team his contract year thats why he got paid 25M, if you remember Dillon Brooks also got paid similar amount, thats like the going rate for defensive first teams. However another thing is how much capspace teams have and we see other guys this offseason like DFS and NAW only make midlevel. That is prob what the Rox are pushing for considering they are only 300k away from getting locked.
