Update: ESPN's Marc J. Spears reports that the Nets have signed Motiejunas to a four-year, $37 million offer sheet. The Rockets have until Monday to match.

Donatas Motiejunas is expected to sign an offer sheet with the Brooklyn Nets but the Houston Rockets may match the offer. Cary Edmondson/USA TODAY Sports

The Houston Rockets' contract negotiation impasse with forward Donatas Motiejunas has extended into the season. And even with the Brooklyn Nets threatening to sign Motiejunas to an offer sheet, the Rockets would still like to retain him.

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports the Rockets could still match Brooklyn's offer sheet though they pulled their own offer to Motiejunas following the November 23 deadline that would allow the Rockets to re-sign Motiejunas and trade him this season.

The Nets have done their best to disincentivize the Rockets from matching, which they will have three days to do once a deal is agreed to. If the Rockets match, then they won't be able to trade Motiejunas, a 26-year-old 7-footer, for a full year from the day that the deal is agreed to. That's something that Rockets GM Daryl Morey might struggle to accept, given his taste for roster flexibility. Plus, the Nets have just under $20 million in cap space, per The Vertical, and could afford to overpay Motiejunas, whose top offer from Houston topped out at $7 million per year.

Still, Motiejunas is a strong fit for the Rockets, who could use his size and shooting to provide depth in their frontcourt. Morey said he still wants Motiejunas on the team.

"We're big fans of Donatas. We hope to have him at some point this year," he said.