On January 5, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, today the Rockets have no game, in the previous game the Rockets have suffered 8 consecutive losses, it looks like they are in the next 15 consecutive defeats to advance. In fact, for the Rockets, it doesn't matter whether they win or not this season, what is important is actually to cultivate rookies and make the team lineup more futuristic, what is called "futurism"? In fact, it is to make the team's lineup younger and more rational at the same time, to make the team look more potential, and it is better to have the hope of being able to cash in on the potential, which may be the best state to rebuild the team, but the rockets are obviously not like this.
Although the current Rockets are already vigorously cultivating this year's leader Jaylen Green, to be honest, the current Rockets lineup is not suitable for Green's growth. First of all, Wood and Porter Jr. need to occupy a lot of ball rights, Porter Jr. as a defender to occupy the ball we also understand, and now he is already reducing his own shots, mainly there is wood this point, so the late Rockets are definitely hoping to send Wood to change to more potential young players, but it seems a little difficult now.
So now the Rockets have also shifted their targets, and they have targeted the trade on Jaylen Smith, who has recently played well with the Suns and has not renewed his contract with the Suns. Smith had another small outburst in today's game, scoring 12 points and five rebounds in the game, and his opening two three-pointers were really impressive, and the young interior lineman who was 2 meters 08 tall still stood up well in the recent lack of people in the Suns' interior line. Although he is still a little inexperienced on the defensive end and easy to lose some fouls, we can still see that he has great potential, after all, he has very good skills.
Since the Suns didn't execute On Jaylen Smith's third-year rookie contract option, Smith will be a free agent after this season and enter the free agent market. So now the Suns actually hope to be able to exchange him for some chips, especially when he has played well lately. The Rockets were actually interested in the young interior at the beginning of the season, before they proposed a house trade, but the Suns ignored it, and now the Rockets hope to exchange Augustine for Smith, this chip is actually not very good. But considering that Augustine has performed well recently, and the Suns are hoping to compete for the championship this year, there is still room for negotiation in this deal, depending on the choice of both sides.