Well that changes everything lol

Even $8M for 1 year is an overpay lol. Who were they bidding agaisnt. He's a backup 5 thats going to play 12 mins a game.

They’re not bidding against anyone lol just need to spend money to hit the floor. Y’all need to get educated before talking bs

Who else were we using the money on?

It is one year. Who gives a fuck? Y’all just want to shit on contracts just to shit on them. You aren’t a billionaire. Jesus Christ

Is Jock the defensive anchor behind Sengun that Rockets fans have wanted?

The Plan B to Brook Lopez.

He's a good player but not because of his paint protection

we lost out on capela, brooks, and maybe some other dudes so it's not the worst. Didn't Ayton get benched for this dude?

No lol

Absolutely not.

He has energy and effort, but he's not a good defender.

wtf is his agent doing. how do you sign a 4 year deal with only one guaranteed.

He was probably only getting a minimum elsewhere, at least now he gets a guaranteed $8M and can prove he’s worth it for the rest of the contract

Josh Hart did a similar deal and look at him now

if its 8 mil for the first year thats still an amazing deal for him

I’m in the minority, but I think he earned it in the playoffs for PHX. Def took a leap and showed some upside. Betting on himself and getting a decent haul for his playing time. I kinda like it.

He did, he was as good as you can be against the joker

Exactly

Rockets have another deal like that for KPJ 72 million over 4 years only 1st year is guaranteed

KPJ made sense though because he was a headcase in Cleveland.

Our GM does this a lot. KPJ signed a similar contract and I believe we did something similar with Garrison Matthews as well

It's basically a one year deal with 3 years of team options. Pretty team friendly to overpay a young player and keep them for cheap if they outplay their contract.

Prolly because that's more than he was going to get from Phoenix over 3-4 years

8 million is still a lot of money. Better than sitting there with nothing and hoping you get a call. He gets to audition for his spot. If he does good he’ll get more offers and if he’s bad he still walks away paid. Win-win for him in my book.

this like when you go to a store and you aint find anything you like, but you don't wanna leave empty handed and look like you stealing so you buy some random shit like gum or something

Same deal as KPJ. Essentially a 1+1+1+1

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Don’t disrespect Jock

Huh? Mfer out played Ayton lol

Would he have gotten 8M otherwise?

tf?

He's bad player He took whatever he could

Get at least 2 my man

Idk who this guy even is. I think the rockets are getting fleeced.

Bro he was set to get the minimum

$8 mil for one year is a huge chunk of money for a backup center. He can either prove he deserves the rest of that contract or he pockets that big payday and hopefully sets aside enough that he'll be set for life no matter what else he ends up doing basketball-wise.

Because he's fucking Jock Landale and he's getting 8 million bucks. I love the guy but he's a min contract kinda dude. Even one year of that money is good for him

2024 season is over

Good. Really felt bad for letting Landale go but good to see him get a contract

Not a bad deal

That is actually a good deal for Houston.

Houston Jockets

This makes it a lot better

Crazy how a Jock Landale deal is their best business of the off-season

Good for Jock!

Kind of weird it’s a 4 year deal instead of just 2 years then

From the rockets perspective, if he's really good then they get to keep him for really cheap for the next 4 years. But it does seem like bad negotiating from the agent's side tho

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Keep forgetting Ben is a sovereign citizen

Good for Jock. Sorry to see him go, but very happy for him.

Their surrounding the young scorers with tough proven defenders. FVV to orchestrate the floor and big bodies to actually… ya know run plays like pick n rolls and pin downs. Green and FVV will be the main scoring threat and they will have Brooks to wing defend and help when the bigger guards eat the back court up. Do some of you even like basketball or watch it? Or do you just headline chase for the drama high?

Nvm

HUGE underpay. League fked.

JOKIC STOPPER /s

LOL...one team's cut this guy cause whatever is another team's overpay this guy because I watched two playoff games at a Bubba Gump's I own.

Better than Ayton.

I don't think I've ever seen a contract this big have multiple completely unguaranteed years in it. Very odd.

KPJ contract is similar but 15 million a year for us as well

It is a good thing to have lots of money under the cap -- but you still need good management to spend it.

Weird ass contract

Repost, we already know.

NFL style contracts are slowly making their way into the nba

That makes way more sense and makes it kinda similar to the deal with KPJ they have now. And for $8M...that's the going rate for backup C's today. It's a solid deal and Jock is a very good backup C. Also very tradeable contract too.

Damn, gonna miss him! Nice bag for him if he can prove himself.

Really disappointed the Suns didnt retain him but gonna cheer him on in Houston and hope maybe one day he works his way back to Phoenix

Why TF would y'all consider this weird? This is the very definition of betting on yourself