I thought that the Rockets would become the big winner on the trade deadline, but I didn't expect that in the end, the team's management just untied Theiss' 3-year contract, and the team can be said to have gained nothing in the trading market, which is somewhat disappointing, but fortunately, in recent times, the team's backcourt new star Porter Jr. has risen strongly and played an unexpected performance, especially in the past two games.
In the previous away game against the Pelicans, Porter Jr. played 36 minutes to play a very eye-catching data, the whole game bombed 27 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal data, including 9 of 19 shots, 7 of 12 three points, setting a new season high in scoring, but did not expect that after only one game, Porter Jr. refreshed this data again, in the game against the Raptors that ended earlier, Porter Jr. once again bombed 30 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, including 11 of 16 shots, 6 of 9 from three points, this is still a good game than the last game, if there were 7 mistakes in the last game against the Pelicans, then in this game, the performance of Little Porter can be said to be unpicky, and there were only 3 mistakes in the whole game.
Back in the early part of the season, the Rockets just put Little Porter right, his performance once made people dare not have any hope for him, as the core control of the team, Little Potter did not have a good sense of transmission control, could not string teammates together, the most important thing is that there will always be a variety of inexplicable mistakes, poor performance also let the voice questioning him wave after wave, but did not expect that with the deepening of the season, Little Potter has been greatly improved in all aspects. As an organizational defender, Porter Jr.'s organizational tandem ability on the court has now improved greatly, and he can hardly see the picture of his hesitation, and the accuracy of dismemberment defense and passing is also obvious to the naked eye, in the last 12 games, Porter Jr. can average 6.8 assists per game, while his mistakes are only 3.1, which can be said to reach the elite level.
In addition to leading teammates, Porter Jr. also has a very big improvement in personal offensive efficiency, in the early part of the season everyone's disappointment with Porter Jr. is not only manifested in the organization of tandem teams, his offensive efficiency is also quite low, the shooting rate has been maintained below 40% for a long time, the three-point shooting rate is only about 30%, and in the past 20 games, Porter Jr.'s true shooting rate has been higher than Curry, Booker, Doncic, Bill, Ingram, Edwards, these players, three-point shooting rate is also higher than Curry, James, Trae Young, Booker, Mitchell, LaVine and others, if narrowed down to the last 12 games, are even more terrifying, shooting 49.7% from the field and 48.2% from three-point range.
In the game, it can also be seen that Porter Jr. has become more confident on the court, and his every shot feels like it will hit the bullseye, but it is clear that Porter Jr. has higher upside, he has more energetic physical fitness than Harden, and some people see him as a combination of Harden's less powerful, so there is reason to believe that he will become stronger, and green becomes Hugh City's new backcourt double gun...