On February 9, Beijing time, the Rockets lost to the Pelicans 97:110 on the road, suffering three consecutive losses.
In this game, Rockets guard Eric Gordon was suspended due to injury, and Theis was also suspended for personal reasons, and Silas eventually lined up the starting lineup of Tate, Green, Potter, Wood and Shending.
In the bench transition, Silas used Matthews, Brooks, Martin and Christopher.
Judging from the current rotation of Silas, the focus is on cultivating young players, letting Shin Kyung enter the first start, while cultivating three young players of Green, Porter and Shin Kyung, and these three players are considered to be the core of the Rockets' future 3 major teams.
In the bench lineup, the focus is on training Christopher, giving Martin a lot of ball rights, Christopher as a first-year student, Martin as a second-year student, are all rocket training objects, in addition, Brooks is also a second-year student, Matthews is a third-year student.
In order to develop young players, the team's backup point guards Augustine and Nuwaba have fallen out of the rotation lineup, and these two have performed well this season.
From the current rocket training order, Porter Jr. is the main point guard, the rocket is most focused on cultivating Porter, followed by the cultivation of Jaylen Green, as the Rockets last year's list show, the weight of the Rockets team is very high, in the case of Green's ability and performance can not match the starting, the Rockets forcibly arranged Green to start, it can be seen that the Rockets train Green's goal, but Green because he is too young, he needs a certain amount of time and ball on the court, and makes certain mistakes on the court to be promoted.
And Shen Jing, who was once a substitute, recently entered the first start, according to the normal rotation in the past, the Rockets will generally arrange Forgordon to start first, if Gordon can't play, matthews will be arranged to become the best starting candidate, but recently Shen Jing was promoted to the first start, it can be seen that Shen Jing's status and weight in the team are improving, the Rockets once again tried the lineup test of the twin towers, not Wood + Thethis, or Wood + Shen Jing's double inside line has become the norm, but the three most talented players in the 2022 draft are interior players, The Rockets may test the dual-team model ahead of schedule, or perhaps pave the way for next season.
Coupled with the increase in the bench transition period, Christopher's weight increases, as a rocket offensive and defensive guard, as an offensive tip to digest the ball in the training, in some games, Christopher does have a good performance, but also the object of rocket training.
Matthews, Martin and Brooks, the Rockets use these players as immediate combat strength, but Martin as a second-year player, the Rockets may also give Martin a growth cycle, after all, Martin is talented, but there are hard injuries in height and arm span, it is unlikely to become a team player, more show the role player attributes.
In order to develop young players, Silas has let Augustine, who is well organized, and Nuwaba, who is excellent in defense and attacking the box, fall out of the lineup, and both players have a certain amount of immediate combat strength, and more importantly, last summer's important reinforcement Theis, who has not been in the rotation lineup for most of this season.
Currently, Christopher is being used as a substitute for Porter, Martin is being used and developed as a mini version of Tate, Matthews is a 3D player, and Brooks is just a pure pitcher.
In the Rockets' personnel rotation, due to the selection of 4 players in the first round of the draft last year, plus a number of second- and third-year players, the Rockets can not cultivate so many players, if they can't cultivate, they don't want to record at all, and forcibly train players, which is also the culprit of the Rockets' poor record.