122 million can be signed for 2 years, Durant renews his contract in advance! Van Jordan succeeded in surgery and the Rockets made 4 people into the top 100

Can sign a 2-year, $122 million fat contract, and Durant was revealed to renew his contract with the Rockets in advance! Van Jordan, who suffered a torn cruciate ligament at the same time, successfully underwent surgery. Four Rockets entered the ranks of the top 100 active players and continued to compete for the championship in the new season.

Durant renews his contract early, according to Jake Fischer, a famous reporter from "Open-Air Stand", Durant will sign an early contract renewal with the Rockets.

In the offseason, the Rockets got Durant through an 8-for-1 cost-effective contract transaction, and only gave away Jaylen Green, Dillon, a first-round pick, plus 5 second-round picks, Durant, a historical scorer, targeted strengthening the shortcomings of key ball ability.

However, Durant's contract has only one last year left, worth $54.71 million for the 2025-26 season.

Since July 7, Durant has been eligible to renew his contract with the Rockets in advance, and both parties are eligible to sign a maximum salary of $122 million in advance.

If Durant waits patiently until January 26, Durant will be eligible to sign a two-year, $124 million contract with the Rockets, and the deadline for the early renewal of the two parties is July 1, 26.

In previous reports, Durant intends to reduce his salary to renew the Rockets to facilitate the latter to sign a contract with Ethan.

According to previous reports by The Athletic Rockets reporter Kelly Iko, the Rockets originally ranked the priority of renewing Ethan before the early renewal of Durant. Judging from the current results, Ethan's renewal obviously has some stagnation and problems.

The reason why the two sides never completed the signing is mainly because there are differences between the Rockets and Ethan on the amount of the contract renewal and the terms of the injury.

Add to the other forward star Jabbarry Smith Jr. signed a five-year, 122 million early contract renewal without any options, which obviously increases the difficulty of negotiations between the Rockets and Ethan.

Coincidentally, when the US media revealed that Durant will reach an early contract renewal with the Rockets, the Rockets official posted a set of training photos of Ethan on social media.

Ethan himself also posted on social media: "If it is luck that I can score 12 points per game 24 minutes per game, then I averaged the highest average score in the playoffs as a substitute, and ranked in the top ten in steals and blocks, so I may be lucky!"

Ethan averaged 12 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.9 blocks per game, and 7.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1 block per game in the playoffs.

Van Jordan's surgery was successful

Before Durant was revealed to have completed an early renewal, many American reporters, including Billy Reinhardt, had a bad impression of the Rockets' prospect of renewal with him, especially after Van Jordan suffered a cruciate ligament torn.

According to the Rockets reporter Kelly Iko, Van Jordan has successfully undergone cruciate ligament repair surgery, but is still expected to miss the entire new season. The Rockets rejected Van Jordan's 25-26 season worth 44.9 million, and then signed a new contract with him for 2 years worth 50 million and the second year as the player option.

This means that Van Jordan will have the right to trade in the new season, and the Rockets will not be able to trade him directly after he is injured.

4 players entered the top 100

Although Van Jordan's serious injury and season reimbursement is a heavy blow to the Rockets, Houston still has a top-notch lineup depth.

Among the top 100 stars in the new season announced by ESPN, a total of four players including Durant 9, Shin Kyung 25, Amen Thompson 37 and Jabbarry Smith Jr. 74 were selected into the top 100.

With the huge growth space for young players such as Amen, Shinkyung, Shepard, Ethan and Jabbarri Smith Jr., as well as the joining of new players such as Finney Smith, Capela and Okogi, the Rockets are still a reasonable championship contender in the new season.