Although the Rockets are a rebuilding team today, the Rockets are certainly one of the hottest teams in the league right now. Recently, facing several teams that are not very strong, the Rockets have won 6 consecutive games and played a long-lost self-confidence, and this wave of winning streaks is also the longest consecutive win in the league at present. However, the next schedule is a big test for the Rockets, after all, their future opponents include the Nets, Bucks, Grizzlies and other strong opponents.
Since sending Harden away, they have started the rebuilding mode, but the management led by general manager Stone has not given up on building a competitive team; under Stone's leadership, they have saved various draft picks on the one hand and collected a variety of young players on the other. As a result, the Rockets won Tate, Wood, Martin Jr. and Kevin Porter in the free market, draft and trading markets, and in this offseason, their talent in the lineup was improved again, with four talented rookies including Garuba, Christopher, Shen Jing and Jaylen Green joining the team.
Young teams make mistakes and are inexperienced, which is why they experience a 15-game losing streak at the beginning of the season; but young teams also have talent and momentum, so after beating the Chicago Bulls, they start another wave of winning streaks. In fact, after Silas removed Theis, Nwaba, reused Matthews and Brooks, and let Gordon organize the offense, the Houston Rockets have found a sense of winning. Now they are not far from the play-offs, boss Fertino and general manager Stone are not willing to always mess up, nor are they willing to voluntarily lose for a high pick, so they hope to be able to help this team continue to improve through trades.
On December 8, Beijing time, according to the famous NBA reporter Zach Allen, sources revealed that the Houston Rockets are determined to impact the playoffs, Stone tried to increase the price of 76ers superstar Simmons; for this reason, he is even willing to add Tate, Gordon and Porter and a future first-round signing to the trade plan.
Although the projection ability is insufficient, but the 25-year-old Ben Simmons has a high basketball IQ, can make the right decisions, can play from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, can push the ball in the fast attack counterattack, his passing ability is strong, the passing awareness is very good, is the Houston Rockets most desired organizer; during this time, Silas's running and bombing tactics have begun to bear fruit, it turns out that as long as there is a person to organize the attack, the Rockets will play exciting basketball, recreate the style of "Texas Junior Strong", Of course, this is also what Fertino wants to see.