Why Houston Rockets Unlikely To Extend Jalen Green Or Alperen Sengun + What We Learned In Preseason

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1. Go rockets

2. They better not lose alpi

3. So alpi who performed well all season vs jalen who performed towards the end of the season are you guys serious, its clear who's more reliable

4. why do we have to think they are like a "2 men package" to be payed exactly the same time, or money?
   they should be extented separately, so 1st max for alpy for sure

5. I keep forgetting that Jalen is only 22. The young core on this team is incredible. At some point, we're going to have to figure out who to deal and who to pay, but this is so fun as a lifelong Rockets fan to watch these guys develop and mature.

6. I hope Sengun will leave Houston. You dont deserve him.

7. Sengün better off go some other team rather than gets wasted on rockets where they have 10-15 young people rotation. He is not appreciated on houston

8. Jalen don't deserve a max money, he's shown too much inconsistency and very marked weaknesses on the defensive end. Stone, don't make the mistakes that were made in the past.

9. This topic was recently discussed in reddit. The top comment was "Jalen wanting max is highway robbery"

10. Hot Take: I don’t think Amen will ever command a rookie max deal. Could he get close to it? Sure, but I see him as one of those super role players. Can’t build an offense around him but will do all the little things

11. Jalen has already earned three times more than Sengun. Even Jabari has doubled Sengun in two years. The draft system is broken.

12. another video where this guy hates on cam whitmore, i know jackson gonna have blood in his eyes when cam gets that max rookie extension😂

13. I'm 100% sure that a team will offer Green & Sengun max deals in free agency. If Rockets don't want to pay, then what was the point of tanking

14. Fans come out of the desert of Silas era to this crossroads. I would ague w/Feigen about guarantees–just bc they hold rights. History says, "it's a business" so you might be disappointed with your emotional investment even if they earn the payday.

15. Jalen has the narrowest skillset in the team. Other than high volume of below the average 3 pointers and occasional layups against weak centers, he contributes almost nothing.

16. Let me tell you what will happen.. a sh*t show of a failed season with selfish players of the "brick town" playing to get a contract.. Alperen should leave houston next summer.. otherwise, he will end up becoming an ordinary big man with a seriously limited and undermined game..

17. sengun 5m$ this year 16m$ next year, in houston then free : 2 years leate sengun is in a different jersey

18. sengun is totally free in 2 years 2026/2027, fuccck rockets boy, just play for yourself in 2 years grw your ft 3pt and d

19. Now it’s Jalen s turn to outburst,he will be in a lot of stress this year,because it’s his last year to prove that he is worth a max player ,he cannot sleep all season and play in march😂

20. I heard many things and yet you guys missing one thing. If player doesn't get the contract they have to protect themselves from injury. It will effect their performances for sure. Yes they will want this contract and give %100 yet you will feel the differences. When you see the league who gets the max rookie contract its %100 clear Alpi deserved it. And if rockets wants to play the game like 76ers did they have to be really luckly which I don't think. I would easily give him around 200m~ contract and save some money. Don't forget that Turks are really emotional and if Alpi feels like team trying to taking advantage of him he might not stay in this team. Yes houston can match the any contract Alpi has yet he can ask for trade. It's not a good poker Rockets playing.

21. Thanks for the shoutout bro!!

22. This year, he is playing with the Rockets at his own risk. What they are paying him this year is ridiculous.

23. Jalen Green is a good player but I doubt if he has the guts of breaking face with everybody else just to win a championship. So it doesn't make me worry if the Rockets give him away to another team.

24. Masterpiece negotiations : Offer way below the max . 60-80% of the max. Jakson you call these are the offers on the table? Would have been better to stay with the initial position : Tyrese Maxey example. Looks like there will be broken hearts and minds. It might be en intresting free agency period.

25. I want Sengun to stay with the Rockets.

26. You pay these guys

27. People need to calm down with the extension talks. Neither player has showed they can make the Rockets deep in the playoffs. As great as Alpi has played, he still is not a top player in the NBA.

28. First of all, I am a Turkish citizen. I don't know the reason for this team (it could also be polarization or favoritism within the team. I guess this by seeing that Alperen's assists and empty three-pointers are missed by his teammates. I'm not saying that. This may not be true), I watch and observe that the team plays better with Jaleen Green. In the long perspective,the team with Jaleen Green can see the Playoffs many times, but I see his potential to play in the championship or the finals (East) as impossibly difficult. Players like Alperen are indispensable players in teams aiming for the championship. It is not right to waste such players on teams that play bad basketball. It seems that this team is not suitable for Alperen. Alperen is also not suitable for this team.

29. They really should offer sengun the max and give green the current contract option he has now because he simply hasn’t earned it it’s completely unfair to sengun to make him hold out any longer