In one day, the Rockets lineup has undergone a lot of changes, first planning to cut small forward House, and then the Rockets intend to provide a 4-year 8 million contract to shooter Matthews, of course, all this has not been officially announced, but the Rockets have decided on the matter, basically there is no suspense, waiting for the official announcement is only a matter of time, in the past 1-2 days, House will officially leave the team, and Matthews will officially get a 4-year 8 million contract - this contract may not look big, But for Matthews, being able to play for the Rockets for a long time in 4 years is also a good home.
In addition to House's Matthews regularization, the Rockets also signed a two-way contract with Vipers' small forward Quinn, and thanks to Matthews' two-way contract reversal, the Rockets also have a space to sign Quinn. So what is the advantage of the 24-year-old small forward Trevlin Quinn to get the favor of the Rockets? In fact, looking at Quinn's personal data this season, we know what the Rockets think.
Quinn has averaged 22 points per game with the Vipers this season, and in addition to scoring, Quinn's defensive ability is also at the top level in the development league - averaging 6.5 rebounds, 2.8 steals per game, and averaging 4.4 assists per game, which proves that Quinn is not only a master scorer, but also a good defensive player and organizational striker.
In addition to Tate, the Rockets can play the No. 3 position gordon, Christopher, Nuwaba, Martin Jr. and even Garupa, House has gone, Gordon, Christopher more in the No. 2 position, and Martin Jr. and Garuba's main position is the big forward, that is to say, the rockets' main competitor to the substitute small forward is concentrated in Quinn and the Rockets' defensive gate Nuwaba.
The Rockets gave Nuwaba a three-year, $15 million contract this summer, but the 28-year-old didn't play a $15 million contract, and in the rockets' seven-game winning streak not long ago, Nuwaba was more likely to sit on the bench and didn't play at all.
It's only when multiple Rockets players are injured and no one is available that Silas thinks of Novaba. From Matthews, the Rockets finally tasted the sweetness, so the Rockets signed Matthews teammate Quinn in order to emulate Matthews' signing and give the Rockets a cheap chance to sign functional players.
Quinn's two-way contract is probably less than $500,000 when he gets the full amount, and if Quinn can play his performance in the development league, he will definitely be worth more than $500,000! Raphael Stone (Rocket General Manager) is still very shrewd at harvesting a future "possibility" with a very small effort.
Looking at Nuwaba, compared to Quinn, Nuwaba does not have much advantage, in addition to the defensive can fight with Quinn, Nuwaba's scoring ability, ability to create offensive opportunities and even shooting ability, are not as good as Quinn.
In the competition for the replacement of small forwards, it is clear that Quinn has a "latecomer" posture. The Rockets signed Quinn on a cheap two-way contract, which seems to be a clear intention to let Nuwaba "go", which is equivalent to issuing an eviction order for Nuwaba. Nuwaba, who had previously fallen out of the rotation, is currently hanging in the Rockets' position again. It is believed that in the near future, Nuwaba will become one of the Rockets' trading chips. In fact, in the Rockets' involvement in the ben-Simmons deal, Nuwaba became one of the additions that could be sent, provided that the team was interested in him.