As an old strong team in the West, the Rockets have completely entered a period of reconstruction this season and began to cultivate a number of young players, including The Eye Green.
It is not difficult to see from the strategy since the beginning of the game that the Rockets are engaged in "egalitarianism", that is, the team does not deliberately focus on which new star to cultivate, but provides opportunities to all players on the team.
This allowed the team to dig out a strange soldier like Matthews, and Christopher, Martin Jr., and Tate, who were in the bottom of the line, also got the opportunity to come out.
Although the Rockets' approach has been criticized by some fans, especially the eye of the green has not been given enough opportunities, Shen Jing, who is in excellent form, has also been suppressed, which has made a large number of fans angry at the Rockets coaching staff and management.
But combined with the talent shown by the Rockets' young players, the Rockets are really right, because so far this season, no young player has been talented enough for the Rockets to break the norm of fairness.
In addition, it can also be seen that the rocket management has a full sense of layering in reconstruction, and obviously has a detailed plan.
From discussing with Wall at the beginning of the season to cede opportunities to young players, to gradually reducing the ball rights of Wood and Gordon, to recalling young players such as Christopher and Garruba, and increasing Shen Jing's playing time, it shows the determination of the team to rebuild.
In particular, the ban on Wood and Porter Jr. shows the attitude of the Rockets in the reconstruction process, that is, the team culture construction is the mainstay, whether it is the old core or the new star, it needs to obey the team management.
This is crucial for a rebuilding team, and even more commendable is the rockets' different treatment of players with different attitudes after punishing players.
Shortly after the suspension of Porter Jr. and Wood, Porter Jr. apologized to the team, and in the face of Porter Jr., who sincerely apologized after making mistakes, the Attitude of the Rockets was very clear, the team forgives you and is still willing to cultivate you.
Coach Silas quickly stated in the interview that Porter Jr. is a good boy who knows mistakes and can be corrected, the team will not change his attitude to cultivate him, and this time the conflict is just a small bump on the road to growth.
Since then, the Rockets have officially posted a video of Porter Jr.'s training, proving that he has trained with other players on the team, and the matter has passed.
Porter Jr. also quickly confessed his mistake in the post-training interview, saying that he had apologized to the team, and apologized to the whole team, as well as to his teammates and staff one by one.
Then Porter Jr. did not forget to show his mentality, bluntly saying that as a man, an ordinary person, apologizing is something that must be done.
Even if you sometimes think you're right, you can't solve the problem by throwing a tantrum, you really didn't do it right, so you are willing to apologize, which is what you need to do.
In response to this incident, Rockets reporters Adam Spolane and Adam Abramson also spoke out successively, indicating the Rockets' attitude towards Porter Jr.
Adam Abramson says rebuilding is a trial-and-error process, and he doesn't choose to send a player away after he makes a mistake, and he's still a young player.
Adam Spolane agreed with this statement, saying that Porter Jr. was still a young man after all, leaving home to play in Houston, thousands of miles away, it was difficult, the Rockets spent a year to make him feel at home in Houston, and believed that Hugh city would not give up on him because of a mistake, this is real life, not video games.
With all sides supporting Porter Jr. and he himself apologizing again, Wood's situation is very unoptimistic.
First, coach Silas made it clear that Silas and Porter Jr. were not the same incident, and then the Rockets' oldest reporter, Fagan, reconfirmed that Wood's reason for playing on the bench was late in the new crown test of the day, and he also refused to play in the second half because he did not want to be a substitute.
What makes Wood's situation even more difficult is that Shen Jing in the same position was officially recognized, and in the NBA's official announcement of december's best rookie, Shen Jing was nominated.