Annual salary of 44.9 million! The influence is not as good as Harden, Van Jordan makes the Rockets difficult, Durant needs point guard

The Rockets had dealt with Durant before and introduced it at a very small price. Now the Rockets mission is coming to Van Jordan, how big is the contract extension he will be given. Van Jordan still has a team option of 44.9 million in a year, and the Rockets have postponed the time until June 29 before making a decision. They need to think carefully in these days. Is it the option to execute the Van Jordan team? Still not to execute the re-sign contract with it. For example, salary cuts to 85 million to 90 million in three years.

In addition, Durant also said in an interview today that he is ready to retire with the Rockets and win the championship in the next few years. There are also famous reporters who report that Durant may also cut salary and renew his contract with the Rockets. Durant has one year left in his contract and has no options. He can renew his contract with the Rockets for two years in advance during the offseason this year. It is expected that after the salary cut, it will be $100 million in 2 years. In this case, the Rockets will have three years of use rights to Durant, and it will be fine to use it until the age of 40.

US media "Substack" reporter Stein also analyzed the Rockets' status quo, saying that Stone may seek to align Van Jordan and Durant. In other words, Van Jordan's contract renewal was almost 3 years old, and Van Jordan was 31 years old this year in 1994. If you renew your contract for 3 years, it will just expire at the watershed of a 34-year-old player. Because many players performed well before the age of 34, and they fell sharply after they passed by. Van Jordan is only 1.85 meters tall, and once such a short point guard starts to go downhill, it may become a bad contract.

There is no doubt that Uduka likes Van Jordan's defense and biting. Especially since Dillon was traded, he now attaches more importance to Van Jordan. But Van Jordan is not a pure point guard. When he was in the Raptors, he actually plays more like a point guard, just throws the ball when he gets it. At that time, people called him Jordan not because of praise, but because of a derogatory term. It means that Van Jordan is so fucking, but he is as confident as Jordan. He made Van Jordan a compliment when facing the Bucks in the 19th playoffs to save the Raptors.

And in the 2019 Finals, Van Jordan also won a FMVP vote, and snatching one from Leonard also proved his strength. But in the past two years with the Rockets, Van Jordan's data has indeed been very mediocre, which is much worse than Harden. This season's regular season Van Jordan averaged 14+3+5 per game, with a shooting percentage of only 37%, while Harden averaged 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game. Van Jordan lost three games in the playoffs, bringing up the overall data and shooting percentage. .

In fact, compared with overall strength, Harden is more suitable for the Rockets today than Van Jordan. After all, Durant wants pure point guard, and Harden is much better than Van Jordan in organization and breakthrough killing. The Rockets are hesitant now. If they re-sign a three-year contract with Van Jordan and Durant, it will be difficult for the Rockets to keep Smith and Ethan next year, and they will probably have to trade. After all, luxury tax is too terrifying, and the Rockets boss doesn't know if he will pay the tax.

Amen will renew his contract the third year next season. The Rockets must leave a maximum salary position for Amen. But if Van Jordan team options are implemented, the Rockets can maintain space flexibility. Van Jordan's contract expires next year will be beneficial for the Rockets to renew Smith and Ethan. It depends on how the Rockets choose. At present, Stein means that the Rockets have no signs that they will refuse to implement the team option to let Van Jordan leave, but there is no news about Van Jordan signing first and then changing.