On February 12, Beijing time, the Houston Rockets trade has been officially reached, although the Rockets have not played in recent days, until February 15th will go to the away game with the Jazz for a showdown, but Fertitta and Schroeder have become the rockets' official players. If the Rockets don't cut Schroeder, it's expected that in the next game against the Jazz, the two new signings will be dressed for the Rockets for the first time.
In fact, this deal has limited improvement in the strength of the Rockets, although Fernando is young, his ability is completely inferior to that of the center Tess who was traded; Schroeder's strength is good, averaging about 14 points and 4 assists per game, but a Schroeder cannot change the overall strength of the Rockets' weakness. More importantly, the Rockets are eyeing the expired contracts of the two, after all, the contracts of the two will expire this summer, and the Rockets will be able to both renew their contracts and release them as free agents in order to free up salary space.
However, in the final 20 or so regular season games, these two new signings will still play for the Rockets, of course, provided that they are not cut by the Rockets. Today, the Rockets also gave news, and the jersey numbers of Schroeder and Fernando's two new signings were officially determined. The 28-year-old Schroeder will still wear the no. 17 jersey he is most familiar with, whether in the Lakers or the Thunder, Schroeder's jersey number is no. 17. However, in the last team he played for, Schroeder's jersey number was 71, and now he uses his favorite jersey number, which is gratifying.
In addition, the Rockets' 23-year-old new center Bruno Fernando also got his no. 20 Rockets new jersey. Previously, when he played for the Green Army, Fernando's number was 28, while while playing with the Eagles, his number was 24. While still at the University of Maryland, Fernando's jersey number was number 23. Now that I've got a new number, I hope Fernando can reuse it with the Rockets, after all, this team lacks a high-quality blue-collar interior line, and Fernando is expected to fill this gap.
The biggest question now is whether the Rockets will keep two players, after all, the Lakers have long released words, if the Rockets cut Schroeder, they may claim Tored as a free agent. Although Fernando is not very famous, he is young enough and has some potential, and is the type of player the Rockets need, and it is expected that the Rockets may give him some chances.
By the time a few months later, Fernando's contract with Schroeder expires, the Rockets can make another decision on whether to retain, and Space City has always held the absolute initiative, which is also the ultimate goal of the Rockets' deal.