The middle of the season is the last time for each team to strengthen, a key reinforcement may be able to change the pattern of the playoffs, last year's Eastern Conference semifinals Nets against the Bucks is regarded as a finals preview, who wins will be the championship, sure enough, the Bucks finally succeeded, in addition to harden and Irving injuries, the Bucks mid-season reinforcement Tucker is definitely the biggest contributor to the championship, although it does not completely limit Durant, but Tucker is crucial to Durant's consumption.
Last year's playoffs in the team, the original rocket resistance players have become an important member of their respective teams, the Finals of the Suns Paul and bucks Tucker, the Eastern Conference Finals Eagles Capela, are the 2017-18 season and the Warriors playoffs 7 games of the absolute main force, gathered is a fire, scattered is full of stars, that year's Rockets are really strong, but in the end but the end of the run to things, at present in addition to Ariza because of injury and age reasons some of the courage of the year, there is a original anti-courage small expert worthy of attention, He's Eric Gordon.
Gordon is the last player left in the Rockets during the Harden era, the Rockets began to rebuild last year, there were frequent rumors of Gordon's trade, but last season Gordon suffered from injuries, the three-point shooting rate was only 32.9%, plus the next 4 years of nearly 80 million contracts, no team is willing to take over, but this season as the game progresses, this situation may change, the season has passed the halfway point, Gordon only missed 7 games, Averaging 29.2 minutes per game, he can contribute 14.8 points and 3.4 assists, shooting 50% from the field, and shooting 45.2% from three-point range, ranking third in the league, which has reached the highest shooting efficiency in his career, and in the game against the Spurs, Gordon scored 31 points on 10 shots, including 6 of 7 three-pointers, and he was the key player for the Rockets to end the 3-game losing streak against the Spurs.
Gordon not only returned to efficiency in attack this season, the most critical thing is that Gordon's defense is very strong, although his height is only 1 meter 91, but his body is very strong, he can defend from the first position to the third position, while taking on the core player of the defensive opponent, he can also maintain the output of more than 15 points per game, he is also a big heart player, the key moment is not soft, absolutely the most needed puzzle player for the championship team, although his contract still has the future of 60 million, but in fact, his contract hides mysteries, The last 1 year 21 million contract is conditional, only the team wins the championship or is selected as an All-Star can become a full guarantee, being selected as an All-Star is impossible for Gordon, if he can help the team win the championship, it will bring far more than 21 million, if the team does not win the championship, his contract is actually only 19.56 million next year, from his current state, he is still capable of supporting this contract.
If it is Gordon last season, it may be a late first round can be taken away, but this year's Gordon has returned to value, it seems that a first round is not enough, at least to add a potential newcomer, but even so, Gordon is also worth the championship team to gamble, before the mid-season deadline, Gordon will most likely leave the team, who will spend it, let's wait and see!