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Report: Rockets, Jalen Green agree to three-year, 6 million extension
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Report: Rockets, Jalen Green agree to three-year, $106 million extension

The Houston Rockets and guard Jalen Green have agreed to a three-year extension of his rookie contract worth $106 million, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports, citing Green’s CAA agents.

According to the report, the deal includes an option for a third-year player.

Green, 22, is approaching his fourth NBA season. The Rockets selected Green with the No. 2 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft after the Detroit Pistons selected Cade Cunningham first overall.

Green, a 6-foot-1 guard, has averaged 19.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while shooting 42.1% from the field and 33.7% from 3 points in three NBA seasons. He initially signed a four-year contract worth $40.8 million as a rookie.

Shortly after Green’s deal was reported, teammate and fellow member of the same rookie class Alperen Şengün also signed a contract extension with the Rockets. He reached a five-year, $185 million deal with the organization. Şengün averaged a career-high 21.1 points and a career-high 9.3 rebounds last season in Houston.

Jalen Green has agreed to a lucrative extension to his rookie contract. (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)Jalen Green has agreed to a lucrative extension to his rookie contract. (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)

Jalen Green has agreed to a lucrative extension to his rookie contract. (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)

Green and Şengün join Cade Cunningham (Pistons), Evan Mobley (Cavaliers), Scottie Barnes (Raptors), Jalen Suggs (Magic), Franz Wagner (Magic), Moses Moody (Warriors), Trey Murphy III (Pelicans), Corey Kispert (Wizards) and Jalen Johnson (Hawks) for agreeing to extensions from the 2021 rookie class before Monday’s deadline.

Green is a key member of a young Rockets core that also includes Şengün, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson and rookie Reed Sheppard, all of whom are under 23 years old. With veterans Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks in the starting lineup, the Rockets are looking to make a leap from perpetual lottery play to competing for a playoff spot in the West this season.

The Rockets open the season on Wednesday against the Charlotte Hornets.