Amen Thompson has agreed to a five-year, $208 million rookie-scale contract extension with the Houston Rockets, in keeping with ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Charania reported Thursday, September 3, that the deal additionally features a 10% commerce kicker, securing certainly one of Houston’s most vital younger gamers for the long run after Thompson’s strongest NBA season.
The 23-year-old took one other main step in 2025-26, averaging profession highs of 18.3 factors, 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals throughout 79 video games. Thompson began each recreation he performed and averaged a league-high 37.4 minutes per contest whereas taking pictures 53.4% from the sector.
His manufacturing positioned him amongst solely 9 NBA gamers final season to common a minimum of 18 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists. The group additionally included Rockets teammate Alperen Sengun, together with Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Johnson, Paolo Banchero, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jayson Tatum.
Thompson additionally continued to make an influence defensively. He ranked eighth in complete steals and fourth in loose-ball recoveries, in keeping with Charania, and completed eighth in Defensive Participant of the 12 months voting.
That adopted a good stronger defensive displaying in 2024-25, when Thompson completed fifth in Defensive Participant of the 12 months voting and earned All-Defensive First Staff honors. He averaged 14.1 factors, 8.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks that season.
Since Houston chosen him fourth total within the 2023 NBA Draft, Thompson has appeared in 210 video games with 144 begins. He owns profession averages of 14.3 factors, 7.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.4 steals whereas taking pictures 54.1% from the sector.
The extension reinforces Thompson’s place alongside Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Reed Sheppard and Tari Eason as Houston’s long-term core. Eason additionally signed a five-year extension this offseason, whereas the Rockets added veteran guards Marcus Smart and Bogdan Bogdanovic.
Houston went 52-30 final season, ending fifth within the Western Convention earlier than dropping to the Los Angeles Lakers in six video games within the opening spherical of the playoffs. Kevin Durant led the Rockets with 26.0 factors per recreation, whereas Sengun averaged 20.4 factors, 8.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists.
