Rockets renew Jeff Green: The championship code behind the veteran s basic salary

The offseason operation of the Houston Rockets always has the unique dominance of the Texans - when other teams are still picking in the free market, they have locked in 38-year-old Jeff Green with a two-year minimum salary contract. Why is this "basketball prodigal son" who has been working in 11 teams willing to cut his salary by 5 million yuan? The answer is hidden in the Rockets' locker room tactical board: When Green was on the court last season, the team's cold data with a net margin of 8.3 points in a hundred rounds was more convincing than howard's passionate picture was.

The veteran immortal: The enlightenment from eight million to the minimum salary

Jeff Green's declaration on the podcast "I want to fight until I am 40" unveiled the veil of warmth for this contract renewal. The forward versatile player who earned an annual salary of 8 million last year now takes the initiative to embrace the basic salary contract. The smartness of this deal is comparable to the Nuggets' bottom-buying Jeff Green's victory in the championship. The data will not cheat: the 36.7% three-point shooting rate and the panacea attribute that can surpass three positions make him a microwave on the bench in the Western Conference semi-finals. The veteran story in the locker room is more precious than the tactical manual - when Whitmores were still paying tuition for defense, Green had already trained players such as Holiday and Tate into qualified "Gear Legion".

Rockets' arithmetic problem: What money can I buy? The electronic clock in General Manager Stone's office was frozen at 2 a.m. when the contract renewal was completed. The strategic intention behind this operation was as clear as the night sky in Houston. Retaining Green with basic salary is equivalent to picking up a 3D player who has been inspected in the playoffs for free, and the salary space saved is 14.1 million yuan in full middle class special case. Interestingly, when VanVleet took the initiative to join, Green's value suddenly became concrete - during his 37 critical moments last season, the Rockets' defensive efficiency jumped to the top five in the league. Those voices questioning "The 38-year-old veteran should retire" obviously forgot that just three months ago, it was Green who used a three-pointer to push the Thunder into a desperate situation.

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Looking at Durant wiping the championship ring on the beach in the Maldives, the Rockets management's renewal logic became particularly clear. In the west where the afterglow of the Warriors Dynasty has not dissipated and the Thunder Youth Army is eyeing it, Green represents the scarce "champion memory" in the locker room. He has experienced the champagne rain in the Nuggets' locker room and also experienced the dead silence of the locker room when he was defeated. These experience points will be more precious than any technical statistics next April. When the Lakers were still worried about what flavor James' birthday cake to choose, the Rockets had already assembled a pressure relief valve to deal with the high pressure of the playoffs with the veteran's basic salary. The Rockets' championship puzzle is never a simple pile of stars. Leaving a locker room soul like Jeff Green may be more strategic than pursuing a third superstar. When the veteran hit a bottom corner three-pointer in a key game in the new season, Houston fans will think of the meteors that swept through Space City at night in the contract renewal - it was clearly the basketball god's wink recognition of smart management.