Valued at 44.9 million! The Rockets main control contract is 50 days later, preparing for a big deal? Stone is smart

The Rockets management has always stated after the playoffs that the Rockets still regard Jaylen Green as the core of the team building in the future. Although Jaylen Green only played one good goal in the playoffs, Rockets management believes that Jaylen Green still has a chance to become a top scorer and a star player. Although I don’t know if the Rockets said this on purpose, it is obvious that Jaylen Green’s performance in the playoffs is a disaster level.

The Rockets probably want to use such decent words to maintain Jaylen Green's worth. After all, Jaylen Green's performance in the playoffs allows everyone to see his true value and ability. It seems that the Rockets want to trade him, as no team is willing to have a player who has underperformed in the playoffs. What's more, Jaylen Green will start executing his three-year, 105 million yuan contract in the new season, with an average annual salary of more than 33 million yuan per year, which is a huge pressure for other teams and the Rockets.

If Jaylen Green really has the strength to "go to the top and the bottom", then there is absolutely no problem with this contract. However, Jaylen Green's performance in the playoffs is disappointing.

On the contrary, Rockets veteran point guard Van Vreet reprove himself through the last four games of the playoffs and regained his value. In the first three games of the playoffs, Jaylen Green's teammate Van Freit seemed to be worse than Jaylen Green. In the last four games, Van Vreet played All-Star data and performance.

So, whether his team option worth 44.9 million in the last year will be executed by the Rockets, now it also makes the Rockets management a little dilemma. Execute, Van Vreett performed averagely in the regular season, and his performance was not good in the first three games of the playoffs; if not, Van Vreett was obviously the backbone of the Rockets in the playoffs. Without his performance in these few games, the Rockets had long been swept by the Warriors, and it was not the turn of the tiebreak battle.

So the Rockets are also smart now. They took the initiative to discuss with Van Vreet and decided to postpone the implementation of their team options until the 29th of next month. In other words, the main control contract was pushed back for 50 days, and it will not be decided until the end of June whether the Rockets will execute the contract. In fact, the Rockets are also very smart to do this. Their general manager Raphael Stone has always been a smart manager. The Rockets have successfully rebuilt in five years, and Stone has made an indelible contribution. Some of his trades and drafts were wise decisions.

As for whether to execute Van Vreett's last-year contract, NBA famous reporter Mark Stern said that although many people expect Van Vreett to continue to stay in Houston, the practice of postponing the team's options until the start of the free market has indeed brought a possibility to the Rockets. If the Rockets usher in a major trading opportunity around this year's draft, Van Vreet's salary of 44.9 million next season may be put into the trading plan.

If the Rockets want to chase superstars like Antetokounmpo and Durant, then the first thing they need to do is not to provide any bargaining chips, but to balance the salary traded by both parties, which is the most important thing. Van Vreeter will earn nearly 45 million next season, plus the other 1-2 players and draft picks, you can make big deals. The value and role of

VanVleet is probably here. If the Rockets really have big deals, then Van Freit's big contract is completely useful. Manager Stone sets the execution period of this contract to more than 50 days later, and it is also considered based on this. If the Rockets really have a chance to trade superstars, then Van Vreet may be the first choice chip.