Big news! Rockets official: The team officially signed the No. 1 high school student in the United States with 122 million yuan in five years

Last season, Uduka finally achieved results after two years of hard work. The Houston Rockets, which are loved and paid attention to by fans, played wonderful basketball.

They played beautiful team basketball on the offensive end, and their various cooperations were dazzling and unpredictable; and in terms of defense, Uduka was originally a coach who was very good at coaching defense. Under his planning, the talents of Dillon, Amen and Ethan were further stimulated, becoming the nightmare of every offensive player.

It is precisely because of the significant improvement in offensive and defensive efficiency that the Houston Rockets have passed the hurdles and achieved the second best result in the West. However, after entering the playoffs, due to lack of game experience, Rockets players were suppressed by their old opponent Golden State Warriors on both offense and defense and were eliminated.

The feeling of losing is naturally not good, and general manager Stone also saw through the team's upper limit. So he made up his mind to use the resources in his hands to build a team with a high level of championship competition.

Stone sent away Jaylen Green, Dillon, and multiple draft picks, and snatched Durant from the Phoenix Suns; afterwards, as soon as the free market door opened, other teams were still yawning, and Stone immediately threw out two contracts to win Finney Smith and Capela, further expanding the team's lineup depth.

However, Stone's operation did not stop completely. Today, the Houston Rockets officially announced that the team has reached an early contract renewal agreement with former No. 1 high school student in the United States and 2022 Tanhua Jabary Smith.

After a previous report, it was revealed that this contract renewal is 5 years, with a total value of up to US$122 million, and is a full guarantee contract, with no additional options.

In the 2024-2025 season, Jabbarri Smith Jr. played 57 regular season games for the Rockets. In these 57 games, he averaged 30.2 minutes of playing time and had good performances, averaging 12.2 points, 7 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. In the playoffs, Jabbarri Smith also got 7 chances to play. Although his average playing time was reduced to 20.4 minutes at this time, he still averaged 7.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.