The extension deadline came and went today and the Rockets did not come to a contract agreement with Tari Eason.
Maybe in hindsight this should have been foreseen — the Rockets signed Jabari Smith Jr. early in the summer but never followed that with news of a locked-up Tari. Eason himself expressed what appeared to be frustration at Media Day before training camp opened, and then Kevin Durant’s extension announcement came without a Tari deal preceding it.
Ben DuBose and I discuss what this means for the Rockets — restricted free agency in the summer, likely value differences between the front office and Tari’s camp, the possibility of Tari being traded and we also discuss the Kevin Durant extension.