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It was reported over the weeken dallas mavericks shop d — dallas maverick clothing and we picked up it up here at TDS — that the Houston Rocke luka doncic jersey infant ts were planning on picking up third-year forward Jae’Sean Tate’s $1.8 million team option on his contract.

But wait, hold up. Things have changed. It’s now being reported by Shams that the team is in fact declining Tate’s option, m Rajon Rondo aking him a restricted free agent.

The Houston Rockets have declined forward mavs shirt Jae'Sean Tate's $1.8 million team option for next season, making him a restricted free agent, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Rockets and Tate have mutual interest in discussing new deal in free agency beginning Thursday night.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 29, 2022

There is one main school of thought here, and that is the Rockets have already had discussions with Tate about a long- NBA Eastern Conference Champs term extension, and they have plans for that to happen at the start of free agency, which legally begins at 5pm CST on June 30.

Rockets plan to re-sign Jae’Sean Tate, then move cautiously in free agent market https://t.co/LlH4m8PZNc via @houstonchron

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) June 29, 2022

The Rockets reportedly think highly of Tate, and though there is plenty of incoming competition for rotation minutes and I’m not sure if Tate is super long for the starting lineup, he’s still an effective piece off the bench as well due to his positional fluctuation capability in addition to his defensive versatility that allows him to guard multiple positions.

So while nothing is official yet and Tate could technically be swept up by another team jumpi NBA Pet Gearng in a with a major offer, t NBA Hats he most likely course of action is that he comes back to Houston on a long term extension.

We’ll have another update for you when and if that happens.