On December 18, Beijing time, the Rockets suddenly made a "small adjustment" to the lineup without warning, they cut danuel House, who has been with the Rockets for 4 seasons, and used this position to regularize the contract of first launcher Garrison Matthews. As a result, House became a free agent, but if the team didn't claim him, the Rockets would still pay House the rest of his salary until the end of the season.
However, this is not a problem for the Rockets, but with 4 years and 8.2 million US dollars to correct Matthews's two-way contract, it is a good operation, after all, Matthews can average about 12 points per game, three-point shooting rate is as high as 36%, in the Rockets' 7 consecutive wins, Matthews became one of the rockets' best scoring points on the outside, and the three-point shooting rate was more than 40% at that time, which was the most stable and reliable pitcher for the Rockets.
However, after cutting House and regularizing Matthews, the Rockets also freed up a two-way contract place, after all, Matthews' two-way contract has been regularized into an NBA standard contract, so the Rockets can also use this two-way quota to sign another player.
We know that the Rockets have been injured a lot recently, whether it is Porter Jr., Green, House, Wood or Gordon have been injured and missed many games, the future rocket schedule is not easy, in order to strengthen the lineup, the Rockets in a cut and a sign, immediately after a free two-way contract, signed from the development league Rockets under the "Rio Grand Valley Vipers" team of the "Leo Grande Valley Vipers" team of the shooting guard / small forward Trevlin Quinn.
The 24-year-old has been well on the Vipers this season, being both a quality defender on the flanks and an efficient outside scorer. He averaged 22.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.8 steals per game, shooting 47.5 percent from the field, 34.4 percent from three-point range and 73.9 percent from the free throw line. According to the Rockets, Porter Jr. and Jaylen Green will still not play in the game against the Pistons, and outside shooter Brooks and interior center Wood are also in a "doubtful" state this game, so it is necessary for the Fire Line to sign Quinn.
It is understood that in the Rockets' away game with the Pistons at 1 a.m. on December 19, Quinn, who has just completed a two-way contract signing, can already play for the Rockets. Now that Quinn is rushing to Detroit to meet the Rockets, it is believed that in this game, Quinn may make his Rockets debut. It can be said that the reason why the Rockets cut House, in addition to making room for Matthews, is that they do not want Quinn, who has performed well, to be signed by other teams, so the Rockets quickly shot and left Quinn in the team with a two-way contract.
If Quinn can still have a first-class performance like the Vipers in the next game, it will only be a matter of time before the Rockets turn Quinn's contract. With Matthews' successful experience, I believe that the 24-year-old Quinn will also perform confidently in the Rockets, looking forward to the performance of this newcomer.