The Houston Rockets will still be at home in the next game, their opponent is the Blazers who have been in good form recently, and although Lillard cannot play, the timely return of CJ McCollum also allows the Blazers to continue to maintain a glimmer of hope for the playoffs. The Rockets, on the other hand, have let themselves go, and after losing to the Spurs, there is only a theoretical possibility of entering the playoffs.
In fact, the Rockets' goal is not to playoffs, but to continue to swing badly. After all, the competition between the Rockets and the Thunder for the third-to-last in the league has basically entered a white-hot situation, and if the Rockets can get the bottom 3 in the league, they will have the greatest probability of winning the lottery after a few months, if not, the probability of the Rockets drawing the lottery will be further reduced. That's it for the Rockets this season, with the only thing the Rockets can do in the remaining 30 or so games is to mess up.
However, the cultivation of rookie players, the Rockets also attach great importance to it. Rockets' players such as Jaylen Green and Shin Kyung are also very competitive, and although they have not been in good shape recently, Jaylen Green still stayed on the court to train alone after playing against the Spurs. The Rockets, which are collecting a large number of talented young players, can actually let go of more players, such as the 19-year-old point guard Daishin Knicks, who signed a two-way contract with the Rockets this season, which is the Rockets' most worthy player.
Last season, the Knicks and Jaylen Green were teammates, and the two of them played for the Development League Ignition team at the same time, but at that time, Jaylen Green was the ace core of the ignition team, and the Knicks were just role players. In the offseason draft, Jaylen Green became the most anticipated show, while the Knicks regrettably lost the draft, not even the second round of rookies. But the Rockets gave the Knicks a chance to sign him to the team on a two-way contract.
The Knicks haven't had many appearances on the Rockets this season, with only a record of appearances in a few garbage-time games. For more time, the Knicks played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, a division of the League Rockets. The Vipers have a much better record than the Rockets. In the last 6 games, Daisyn Knicks, as the head of the Vipers, also played a star-level point guard-like performance: averaging 27.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 3.2 steals per game, plus 56.4% shooting and 45.5% three-point shooting.
Looking at the data alone, the Rockets' rookie Jaylen Green's recent sluggish performance compared with the Knicks, but the development league is limited after all, Jaylen Green last season in the development league, also played a good performance and data. The Knicks are only 19 years old and have already proven themselves in the development league, as evidenced by the star-level stats of the last 6 games. Can the Rockets, which are good at discovering young players, give the Knicks some chances in future games?
At present, the Rockets have abandoned DJ Augustine, Gordon may be traded at any time, in view of this, the Rockets can give the Knicks some opportunities, recall him to the Rockets first team to try it out, if you can, turn the Knicks and focus on training, I believe he can be a good role player, to help the rebuilding of the Rockets.