NBA Rockets forward Ethan is disappointed that he cannot renew his contract with maximum salary

According to a Houston podcast column, the young NBA Rockets forward Tari Ethan and his agent team were very disappointed that they were unable to receive an early maximum salary renewal. They believed that the Rockets management did not show enough sincerity at all. Tari Ethan believes that he can also get a long-term contract of more than billions of dollars like Jabbarri Smith Jr., and if he cannot renew his contract, it is not ruled out that he will resume his free self-reliance and enter the trading market next summer to choose to leave Houston.

The Rockets management is mainly very worried about the impact of Tari Ethan's physical injury. His attendance rate has been low in the past two seasons, which is also an important reason why he has encountered a bad negotiation for renewal. But Tari Ethan believes that he has achieved enough aggressiveness and dominance in both offense and defense, if he is in other young teams, he has become a starting forward player, and has made great sacrifices in the Rockets, and has been actively working on the bench lineup. And coach Uduka has not arranged an accurate tactical positioning strategy for himself!

Tari Ethan played for the NBA Rockets in the 2024-2025 season. He played in a total of 57 games in the regular season, averaged 24.9 minutes per game, scored 12.0 points + 6.4 rebounds + 1.5 assists + 1.7 steals + 0.9 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 48.0%, a three-point shooting percentage of 34.0%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 75.0%. If converted to a 36-minute efficiency value, Tari Ethan has the ability to score two-double data of 18+10!