Most believe that Chris Paul will re-sign with the Houston Rockets this offseason, but if people were hoping that he was going to give the Rockets a discount, that is probably not going to be the case.
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN was hosting his podcast the WojPod and one of the big talking points was Paul's contract. Wojnarowski thinks if the Rockets want to sign Paul it's going to take them offering a max contract.
“When the Rockets made that deal for Chris Paul, knowing they would re-sign him [once he hit free agency], they made a conscious decision that they were gonna have to live with [paying him] $46, $47 million a year salary when he’s not nearly the player anymore in his late 30s, but, ‘we’re gonna make a run at it now, we wanna win a championship now.
“We’ll deal with it [Paul’s contract] later.’ We’ll see how that plays out in their contract talks [with Paul] here in free agency. Chris Paul didn’t turn down $200 million from the Clippers because he thought that somehow the Rockets were gonna talk him into saving them luxury tax money. I don’t imagine it playing out that way.”
Like Wojnarowski said, the thing the Rockets are going to have to weigh is will Paul's $47 million a year contract at 37 or 38 being worth it for a few years of a really good Paul now.
Or will the Rockets decide to move in a different direction and try to find someone that can not only help them win now but won't be such a burden later in his career.
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