Shams revealed that today when the Rockets played against the Nuggets, there was a big problem in the team, and at halftime, assistant coach John Lucas gathered Portwood and several other players together, but the two sides clashed throughout the conversation. In particular, Porter Jr. had a fierce physical conflict with the assistant coach, and Porter Jr. also hit Lucas with something, and finally Porter Jr. left the court.
In addition to Porter Jr., the team's interior core Wood also refused to play in the second half, and it seems that his conflict with assistant coach Lucas is also not small. The Rockets' official statement during the game is that Porter Jr. did not play in the second half because of a thigh injury, and it seems that the Rockets' officials are trying their best to cover up the internal conflict.
During the half-time, the assistant coach should have severely criticized Portwood and other players, especially the lack of effort of Wood and other players, which led to the latter's emotions being a little out of control, which further expanded the contradictions between the two sides. The current Rockets are actually a rotten team, woodport these players are still young after all, for the coach's harshness of their own ideas. However, the face-to-face conflict will seriously affect the unity of the team, and now the trade day is about to open, and now the contradictions within the Rockets are expanded, either the coach is off the class, or the players are put on the shelf.
Of course, from the management's point of view, they can't change coaches, because they are all bad attitudes, so they will definitely let Porter and Wood go. Do you think Wood and Potter will be put on the shelves?