Rockets unlikely to offer Alperen Sengun, Jalen Green maximum rookie extensions
At this stage, it’s unlikely either Alperen Şengün or Jalen Green receive max rookie extensions — both are eligible for a five-year deal worth up to $224.2 million, per The Athletic’s salary cap expert Danny LeRoux. Houston has had conversations with both camps concerning an extension and will continue dialogue during the offseason, but the chances of either player inking an agreement in the realm of fellow 2021 draftees Cade Cunningham ($236 million) or Scottie Barnes (potentially up to $270 million) are slim. It’s more likely the Rockets revisit this next year, unless there is an agreement that benefits both sides.
Source: New York Times
Source: New York Times
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Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
Rafael Stone in April on if getting extensions with Green and Sengun would be a priority this summer: “The way the CBA is set up, it’s you can extend, you don’t have to, and you can always revisit next summer, so in that sense, there’s no gun to our head or anything else.” – 10:40 AM
Rafael Stone in April on if getting extensions with Green and Sengun would be a priority this summer: “The way the CBA is set up, it’s you can extend, you don’t have to, and you can always revisit next summer, so in that sense, there’s no gun to our head or anything else.” – 10:40 AM
David Hardisty @clutchfans
The #Rockets roster right now is at the maximum 15 players. They are a deep team seeking a superstar, with the expiring salary to make just about any trade work.
Steven Adams
Dillon Brooks
Tari Eason
Jalen Green
Jeff Green
AJ Griffin
Aaron Holiday
Jock Landale
Alperen Şengün – 4:05 PM
The #Rockets roster right now is at the maximum 15 players. They are a deep team seeking a superstar, with the expiring salary to make just about any trade work.
Steven Adams
Dillon Brooks
Tari Eason
Jalen Green
Jeff Green
AJ Griffin
Aaron Holiday
Jock Landale
Alperen Şengün – 4:05 PM
More on this storyline
The Rockets included Green in trade talks around the deadline, but only for major moves (including some talks for Bridges that the Nets weren’t really interested in). But the vibes around him in his surge were great. “The big question we have is where Ime (Udoka) is with him,” one source in league personnel said. “If Ime believes in him, they’ll keep him. If he’s out and they can get a veteran borderline All-Star, that deal might go through.” -via Action Network / June 18, 2024
Speaking on Run It Back on FanDuel TV, longtime NBA insider Shams Charania (The Athletic, Stadium) said this week: The Rockets went after Mikal Bridges last season. They’ve already shown this desire to get a top-flight player at the wing position. But Jalen Green, the way he emerged in the second half of the season, clearly they have a burgeoning star in him. Alperen Sengun, look at the numbers he put up. To me the question is going to be, what type of extensions do you give both of them? Do you give them both max deals? Are they both worthy of max deals? Do you look to trade one of them and go get a star player? That’s the question in Houston. -via Rockets Wire / June 11, 2024
Shams Charania: They’re going to be active on the market, they’re gonna listen. But what they end up doing… it’s either going to be paying these guys either just shy of the max or maxes, or you’re going to have to trade one of them. -via Rockets Wire / June 11, 2024
NBACentral: The Rockets could dangle Alperen Sengun in a potential trade for Kevin Durant, per @WindhorstESPN. “One thing I want to point out: watch what the Rockets do tonight with the number three pick. This is one of the most important moments of the draft, and in many cases, this is where the draft kind of starts. If the Rockets take Donovan Clingan out of UConn, another center, which is an option for them, and now have a bunch of centers on their roster, that would potentially enable them to make Alperen Sengun, their very talented young Turkish center, available in that type of trade to dangle in front of the Suns.” -via Twitter / June 26, 2024
For example, Houston would love to add a player like Donovan Mitchell but recent reports suggest the All-NBA guard is likely to sign an extension to stay in Cleveland. In notebook 1.0, New Orleans’ Brandon Ingram was mentioned as a player seen in a lower tier than Mitchell and in recent days, rumors have swirled about the Pelicans dangling Ingram in trade talks and in one iteration, a hypothetical Ingram-for-Alperen Sengün swap was mentioned, but the Rockets have no interest, team sources said. -via New York Times / June 20, 2024
If the Hawks were to take Clingan or Buzelis first, and if Risacher were to go second, then there’s a possibility that Sarr would fall out of the top two. Then things would get interesting. Could a team try to move up to no. 3 to take him? If the Rockets stay put, Sarr would be redundant alongside Jabari Smith, whom they took with the third pick in 2022, and either Sarr or Alperen Sengun would need to develop as a shooter. So he doesn’t work there. A trade seems possible, and the Rockets are indeed at least hearing out offers. -via The Ringer / June 15, 2024