As the Houston Rockets enter the season, one of their primary financial question marks revolves around their looming need to extend superstar acquisition Kevin Durant, and, in many ways, the extension of their current championship outlook depends upon their ability to do so.
Yet, as noted by Jake Fischer in the latest edition of The Stein Line newsletter, this extension can only be for two years as a result of the NBA's little known rule for players over the age of 38, meaning that, no matter what, these negotiations will not take on an outsized impact on the Rockets' flexibility in maintaining their young core moving forward.
