After losing to the Spurs and Pelicans, the Houston Rockets once again had a two-game losing streak. Tomorrow morning, on the morning of February 9, Beijing time, the Rockets will go to the away game to play another regular season game with their old rivals, the Pelicans, when it is close to the trade deadline of the season, and the Rockets' first trade chip, Gordon, will he play for the Rockets again?
At present, Gordon may be traded by the Rockets at any time, and the Rockets have already spoken, and there are already teams that have issued a first-round signing offer for Gordon. In the previous Rockets' loss to the Pelicans, Gordon was also temporarily put on the injury list before the game.
In fact, does Gordon really have an injury? Obviously not. The reason for the rotation of Gordon is simple, if Gordon is accidentally injured before being traded out of the team, the deal will be difficult to achieve. To avoid an injury to Gordon, the Rockets had to do just that — a basic operation before the trade.
Another statistic also shows that if the Rockets do trade Gordon out of the team, the team's winning percentage may be lower. At present, the overall winning rate of the Houston Rockets is less than 30%, but according to statistics, when Gordon was out of the game, the Rockets played a total of 8 games, and the Rockets' record in these 8 games was 0 wins and 8 losses, that is, when Gordon was not present, the other rocket players could not win no matter how hard they tried!
This is probably also the value of Gordon, although Gordon, who averages 14.2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists per game, is not as concerned as Porter Jr., Jaylen Green and Wood in the game, but he is the rocket team's real offensive and defensive core and the "barometer" of victory and defeat.
Gordon's role in the Rockets' wins is even greater than that of Wood, Green and Porter Jr., which is probably why many teams are "robbing" Gordon. There are already two teams that have offered the Rockets for the first round of signing in exchange for Gordon, and although the Cavaliers have gotten LeVert, there are not a few teams that still want to get Gordon.
Without Gordon, the Rockets really couldn't do it. If Gordon leaves the team, will the Rockets have more chances of winning more of the remaining 20 games? Obviously, there is little hope. Who contributed more to the Rockets? Obviously, the above record statistics do not lie.
At present, the Rockets are facing a choice problem: if Gordon is left, the Rockets' record this season will not be too ugly, at least better than last season's record of 17 wins and 55 losses, and if the Rockets officially trade Gordon, then in the next 30 games, the Rockets' winning rate may plummet, and perhaps the winning rate will be as dismal as last season.
Overall, the Rockets are highly likely to send Gordon away, after all, the Rockets have already lost like this, do not care about losing a few more games, after all, next season's signing is more attractive. And after sending Gordon away, the probability of the Rockets getting a future first-round draft pick is extremely high, although it may be the first-round pick of the middle and low picks, but the Rockets' vision of selecting excellent players with the first round of the middle and low picks has never been bad, which is also the last wealth that Gordon can leave to the Rockets.