Tari cannot be traded in a package deal (only a sign-and-trade by himself) and the salary wouldn't work on this anyway. Also, Amen + multiple firsts is too much to give up for Brown considering he's on a supermax deal and looking for another huge extension soon.
The Rockets needed centers. Adams came with Bird rights, and Capela fit in trade space. There aren't many good stretch 5s, and I'm not aware of any that could have be signed using Bird rights or fit into trade space last season. DFS turned out bad. I would want the Rockets to get a good stretch 5. I expected DFS to play the role of a small ball 5 if he was playing well. On KD, careful watching the tape shows he's covered more tightly than most high-volume three-point shooters from behind the 3-point line. His catching the ball, taking a few dribbles, and nailing a mid-range shot is better than most half-court offenses and accomplishes everything the good 3 point shooters accomplish (high efficiency and spacing). KD's main fit problem with the Rockets was mostly that FVV got hurt, and Amen, Sengun, and Reed could not get him good looks. KD getting the ball 35 feet from the basket was done because the Rockets couldn't get the ball to him in a better spots. Markannen would have cost more to get than Durant. Short term, I'd expect their fit to be very similar. Also, I did not expect KD to be better than Amen and Sengun last season. I was fully expecting the Rockets to be better than they were and that KD was going to get too much credit prior to last season. KD was better than I expected. Rest of team, not so much. I find it odd that KD gets most of the criticism. I don't think there was a reason not to try to win when they did not have their own pick. The Rockets spent 1 first round draft pick to get Kevin Durant. I think saying they over-prioritized defense and possession battle is disengenious as the Rockets did not spend a single draft pick to acquire a defender or a possession battle guy. As the Rockets spent a pick on Durant and no one else, I think it is clear they prioricized adding the best shooter/spacer available that they could get for a FRP. The other guys were what they could get without spending significant assets. Even the FRP used for Durant was not a high pick in a deep draft.
That's a sh!tty X account pretending to be a newspaper. It's referring to an ESPN opinion piece by Bobby Marks where he ESTIMATES APPROXIMATE extensions that MIGHT be agreeable to players and their teams. The X account is recasting that speculative opinion piece as a "report" for clicks.
"Near max" could mean many things... Book it: Amen signs for 22% of the cap for 3 years (2 + player option).
Yeah, and “Near Max” talk is usually about just the first year. While “Max” extensions generally always mean max 8% raises, Sengun only got 5% raises, and no raise in the last year (likely because he negotiated a PO). So wrt your 22% of cap number, Sengun started at 22% and fell to 20.31% in last year. if Amen also only gets 5% raises, that will mean his salary becomes better value each year vs Cap increases.
There's no way he would accept a 3 year deal. He knows that this is his best chance to cash in, and he will be worth much less on his next contract if he doesn't continue to develop.
Stone's MO suggests he will stand firm this offseason with a more team friendly "prove it rookie extension".
Anyone watching Castle hit 3s in this OKC-SA series knows that Amen has had plenty of time to improve his shot. Anyone betting on his upside is a fool.
Then it would be a decreasing, Sengun type deal. No way he is getting the max for 5 years from the Rockets.
I dont think so either. Max contracts are crippling and truthfully he does need to prove it more than he has. But its based on his potential. I think he'll get something like Sengun got.
I will say that it would be easier for Sengun to go from 30% to 35% than it would be for Amen to go from 21% to 30%, and even 30% is bad for a wing, whereas 35% for a center would be quite good.
