Famous reporter: Stone has a very good job and the whole league thinks Shin Kyung& Jabary s contract is very cost-effective

August 9th News Recently, ESPN famous reporters Tim MacMahon, Brian Windhorst, and Tim Bontemps talked about the Rockets' offseason operations this year in the "The HoopCollective".

BrianWindhorst: "This is also what I talked about when Durant entered the market before: If a team sees Durant as a player whose contract is about to expire - whether Durant is willing to accept this, he still has to give him a two-year contract renewal of $110 million to $120 million. And this will affect the price that teams are willing to pay for. And like you said, I want to say that Raphael Stone has signed many big contracts since he was the Rockets General Manager. , but most of them are short-term. For example, Jaylen Green's contract is relatively short, and Van Vreet also signed two short-term contracts. Even the contracts they signed with Finney Smith are guaranteed only for two years."

TimMacMahon: "Shen Jing's contract is far lower than the maximum salary."

Brian Windhorst" "The two long-term contracts he gave, Shin Jing and Jabbarry Smith--it depends on their health, but the league believes that these two contracts are cost-effective. ”

TimBontemps: “Yes. Stone did a great job, and the Rockets also understood the league's new economic environment as a whole. We have talked about this many times. Teams must carefully calculate every penny when negotiating contracts. Look at the Rockets' operations, they did a very good job. To be honest, the only thing that doesn't fit that well is Jaylen Green's contract, but they got rid of this trouble with the Durant deal. When you have so many young players and want to keep the roster deep in the future – we have seen in the past few years that teams with deeper rosters are more likely to succeed in the league – you have to act cautiously on contract issues and avoid triggering the second luxury tax line too early, thus facing financial difficulties. ”

Jabbarri Smith Jr. signed a five-year, 122 million contract with the Rockets this summer, while Shin Kyung is carrying a five-year, 185 million contract.