In addition to the 31-year-old John Wall can't play, in fact, the Rockets' point guard has 3 people: 21-year-old Kevin Porter Jr., 34-year-old veteran Augustine, and 19-year-old Newcomer Daison Knicks, who is currently playing in the development league Vipers and can contribute 27 points per game recently.
In addition to these 4 players, the Rockets' Gordon, Christopher and even Tate can also make cameo positions as point guards, and it can be said that the Rockets' point guard positions have been facing various competitions since the beginning of this season. But in the end, 21-year-old rising star Porter Jr. still beat the Rockets' competitors in the competition, thus becoming the rocket's starting point guard.
Even though Wall had approached the Rockets two months earlier and expressed a desire to play for the Rockets again, the Rockets still ignored Wall. It's not that the Rockets don't give face to be unreasonable, but Wall's request is too "rude" - Wall does not ask for much playing time, but he has excellent face, he proposed to the Rockets that he must play the wish to start, which the Rockets can not help Wall achieve, after all, Little Porter is the Rockets' first print, if for Wall to snub Little Porter, naturally not good.
After 50 games, the Rockets' Porter Jr. has completely established himself in the city of Houston, and he is not only the Rockets' starting point guard, but he is even regarded as the rocket's first core — as Gerald Green thinks. Although he is no longer an assistant coach and player for the Rockets, the dunk king of the year, Gerald Green, still strongly recommends when talking about Porter Jr. Green said that if Porter Jr. can keep his mind clear and continue to lead the team forward, he can be seen as the next Harden.
That said, in the eyes of the former Rockets player development coach, Porter Jr. is extremely malleable. But there is a premise, that is, if Porter Jr. wants to make a splash on the court like Harden, he must "keep his head clear." In other words, Porter Jr. not only has to have a very high basketball IQ, but also his fiery temper must be changed. Last month, during the Rockets' home game against the Nuggets, Porter Jr. had a big fight with coach Lucas because of his fiery temper, and won the goal and did not play in the 3rd or 4th quarters of the game.
If Porter Jr. changes his stinky temper under the premise of upgrading his skills and maintaining a high ball quotient, it cannot be said that he will soon become the new Harden, at least in the direction of Harden, there is still a lot of hope. In the last seven games, the Rockets have won fewer and lost more, but Porter Jr.'s stats and performance have improved. In 7 games, Porter Jr. averaged 17.4 points, 7.6 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 47% from the field, shooting 45.7% from three-point range, and shooting 61.8% from the field.