Amen Thompson signs reported 5-year, $208M extension with Rockets

The Houston Rockets have signed Amen Thompson to a contract extension, the team announced on Thursday. The deal is reportedly for five-years and worth $208 million, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

“Amen represents everything we want our organization to be about,” said Rockets general manager Rafael Stone. “He has elite two-way ability, a toughness and the will to outwork his peers, and he competes in every circumstance. Year over year, he’s improved in every facet of his game, and we know his best basketball is ahead of him.”

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The extension for Thompson, the fourth overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, also includes a 10% trade kicker. He is entering the final season of a four-year rookie-scale contract he signed in 2023 and will earn $12.3 million this season with his new deal kicking in next summer.

Thompson, 23, can play guard and forward. He led the NBA in minutes played last season (2,953.2) and posted career highs in points (18.3), assists (5.3) and steals (1.5) while shooting 53.4% from the field. His defensive prowess earned him 2024-25 NBA All-Defensive First Team honors.

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Only nine NBA players averaged 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists last season. Thompson was one of them, along with Alperen Şengün, Nikola Jokić, Luka Dončić, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Johnson, Paolo Banchero, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jayson Tatum.

The Rockets finished fifth in the Western Conference last season and lost in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening round of the playoffs.

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Author : Sean Leahy

Publish date : 2026-09-03 14:30:00

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