Could the extension of Kevin’s contract during rockets being considerably lower than maximum?

Kevin Durant in Houston looks like a hand adjustment. The Rockets wanted during, and Houston was on his short list of places where he wanted to be exchanged. When Asked about the organization, during the rockets. He responds to the need for a threat of a half-terrain score that will open their offense.

The only question is money on the extension of the during contract.

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During the last year of his current contract at $ 57.4 million. Rockets can offer it a maximum extension of $ 122.1 million (no team can offer for more than two years due to the rule of more than 38). We always expected that during taking a little haircut to this maximum number, but this cut can be deeper than a simple haircut, According to Tim MacMahon and Brian Windhorst d’Espn on the Collective Hoop Podcast (Hat tip Hoopshype).

MacMahon: “By all appearances and what I have heard, they don’t go to an extension for Kevin during. Now, that does not mean that it will not happen, but there have been rumbles of KD will not grow for the complete maximum. I do not know that the rockets will put anything on the table close to the maximum.”

Windhorst: “I think that the rockets are as if it was not ideal, but I do not think they are panicking if they enter the season with Kevin during the contract that he is just on the expiry agreement … I will say this, Rafael Stone, because he was the GM of the Rockets, he signed a lot of giant contracts, but many of them were short.”

The contract must be short in this case, but what is a good number for the future temple of fame? A source that spoke to NBC Sports at the summer League suggested that KD could increase to around $ 100 million for two years, or about $ 10 million per season below the maximum but still $ 50 million per season. However, maybe this number is too high. Perhaps during will take less – he has the right to make the choice he thinks he is the best for him, his inheritance and his family.

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Maybe everyone is comfortable going to the season without extension and seeing how things are going. That said, we are more than a month old at the start of training camps, and many offers are concluded at the start of the camp. This is only something to look at.