At the beginning of the new year, it is spring again! On January 2, Beijing time, although sitting at home, the Rockets still lost to the Nuggets 111-114 without suspense. Because of the disparity in team strength, the game process seems to be uneventful, but the Rockets are "choppy" off the court, which also makes the majority of fans finally have a little "see the clouds" feeling about the future of the Rockets.
According to The Athletic reporter Shams Charania, Rockets assistant coach John Lucas criticized Kevin Porter and Christian Wood by name while playing during the game. As a result, Potter and Lucas had a heated argument, after which Potter threw something and quickly left the arena, while Wood refused to play in the second half.
In this game, Porter played 16 minutes, scoring 8 points and 3 assists on 3-of-5 shooting, and Wood was sent off as a substitute for missing the new crown detection time, playing only 8 minutes, and only 1 rebound on 0-of-4 shooting. The data does not lie, the two as the team's thorn in the head of the incident, may also confirm their future in the team.
Last season, Porter was swept out of the house for having a conflict with the Cavaliers management, but finally played well with the Rockets. He has played in 22 games for the Rockets this season, averaging 29.8 minutes per game, and can get 12.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.3 steals, but only 36.6% shooting percentage and 32.8% three-point shooting. Wood has played in 35 games for the Rockets this season, averaging 30.8 minutes per game, and can cut 16.8 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists, shooting 46.9% from the field and 34.1% from three-point range.
Although Wood is the nominal core of the season, everyone knows that in the future map of the Rockets, Wood is destined to be just a passer-by for the Rockets to get out of today's predicament. Maybe Wood knows it too, so this season he's a maverick on the pitch, with almost all personal data in his eyes and nothing else.
For a while when Porter first entered the Rockets, there was a moment when it was thought that the Rockets might have a place for him in the future, but looking at this season's data, it was really embarrassing. And now Potter and Wood are both provocative, openly discordant with the team, and once again return to the original thorn-headed attribute, I believe that any team management will not hold this bomb that will "explode" at any time to plan for the future.
In contrast, the star of the team in this game, Jaren Green, played a really bright performance in this game, playing 28 minutes, shooting 6 of 13, 5 of 8 three-pointers, and cutting 29 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. As the best show this season, Green's performance in the Rockets is also obvious to all, averaging 15.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
This season, the general direction of the Rockets is still focused on the future, and the team is still in the big training mode more often, so the core of the team has always been very vague. And in this game, Potter and Wood's thorn-headed attributes once again proved that the two were really embarrassing. Although Green still needs a lot of growth, as a long-term consideration of the team, Green's cultivation as the future star of the team is obviously the most appropriate.
(Text/shitou)