Thunder can t sit still! Van Jordan can renew his contract with 50 million yuan, and the Warriors are the biggest contributor!

On June 26, on this NBA draft night, the Houston Rockets reached an agreement with the team's starting point guard Van Vleet. The Rockets refused to implement their team option of $4,490w next season, and then completed a two-year, $5,000w early contract renewal with them. The new contract is the player option for the second year. From the team's perspective, since the Rockets will renew Durant in the future and face the issue of Smith and Ethan's successor, Van Vleet decided that this time would leave the team more room for operation. For him, he could choose to enter the free market after next season. Once the Rockets achieve ideal results and perform well by themselves, he will not have to worry about not being able to sign a big contract.

followed closely behind, and the Rockets announced that they had waived the team's center Landale, freeing up $800,000 in salary space again! Starting from the G7 day of the finals, the Rockets successively received Durant, renewed Adams + VanVleet, and then laid off Langdale, losing Jaylen Green and Dillon. Whether it is a transaction to get Durant or a contract renewal, the Rockets are sure to make a profit. While not shaking the team, they have obtained more salary space! It is reported that Durant himself is willing to cut his salary and renew his contract. From this perspective, the Rockets team worked together after getting Durant. The players made concessions in terms of salary and released their salary space. The management was responsible for players' recruitment and strengthening the lineup with the ability to compete for the championship. Durant's arrival has given this young team a real chance to win the championship! As for the Rockets' current situation, the overall strengthening of contract renewal atmosphere is not good news for other Western teams!

Thunder is under pressure!

The Rockets' series of trade reinforcements will make the new champion Oklahoma City Thunder feel pressured. This season, the Western Conference looks like a wolf, but in fact it is a "one super, many strong" pattern. The Thunder are unique in terms of player structure, salary space, lineup depth, and overall strength. Although the Nuggets, Rockets, Grizzlies, Warriors, Lakers, Clippers and Timberwolves have all shown outstanding competitiveness, they all have obvious lineup flaws, among which the Nuggets lack the depth of the lineup, the Rockets lack position offensive scorers, the Lakers lack center and external defensive ability, the Warriors' center is also weak and over-reliance on Curry on the offensive end, and the Clippers lack stable three-point shooters lack offensive stability. For these Western Conference competitors, only the Rockets have real trade reinforcements, and the Thunder are under pressure again in the new season!

Van Jordan was able to renew his contract for 50 million yuan, and the Warriors helped a lot!

Van Jordan delivered 14.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists in the regular season stage this season, with a shooting percentage of 37% and a three-point shooting percentage of 34%, and his worst regular season performance since winning the championship in 2019. Part of the reason for the decline in data is that coach Uduka’s egalitarianism is not allowed to take over. As young players grow, the ball rights have been diluted! In the playoffs, G1 played 40 points and handed over 40 points, only 10 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists, which led to a good start. In G2, he performed worse, and only made 2 of 8 shots in 42 minutes to score 7 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. In G3, he still did not improve. In 41 minutes to play 5 of 14 shots, 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in inefficient performance! This is the main reason why the Rockets fell 1-3 in the series!

Although they performed super performance in the following three games, they only handed in the key tiebreak, with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. In the end, the Warriors played a black seven in the series. From this perspective, the reason why Van Jordan was suppressed to 5,000,000 in 2 years is to thank the Warriors team. They made Van Vleet play a fluctuating round of series. Whether the players can sign a high-paying contract, the most intuitive reference for the team's management is the players' performance in the recent games! In a word, the Warriors have helped a lot from the side if they can cut their salary for 2 years and renew their contracts!