On February 13, Beijing time, the day after tomorrow morning, the Rockets will go to the away game to play a regular season game with the Jazz, the two teams have met once before, unfortunately the Rockets lost the game. But now the Rockets are a brand new team, after sending away Theis, the Rockets also cut two outside players: DJ Augustine and Brooks, so that the Rockets freed up some player slots, just to accept two new signings.
Schroeder and Bruno Fernando became a member of the Rockets, and the two had already chosen their new number in Space City, Schroeder's jersey number changed from No. 71 to his favorite No. 17, and young center Fernando also chose the No. 20 jersey as his new jersey for the truce. Unfortunately, the Rockets still have no game this day and tomorrow, and the two new signings have been unable to make their "debut" for the Rockets in the game, but the current news is that the Rockets' 23-year-old new signing center Fernando has arrived in Houston.
Not only that, but Fernando has made his debut and has been active in training. We know that after the Rockets sent Theiss away, the interior line was not unavailable. Wood and Shinkin are the Rockets' two most consistent interior shooters, and outside of them, Tate and Garupa are also able to make cameo appearances in the No. 5 slot. Now the arrival of powerful center Fernando has increased the depth of available personnel in the No. 5 position.
In today's training, Fernando not only completed a beautiful dunk, but also communicated with rockets rookie center Alperen Shinjing in training, and it seemed that Fernando had a warm smile on his face and talked happily with Shin kyung. This is Fernando's strength, although the ability is average and the technique is relatively rough, but he can quickly integrate into the new team, can "talk" with his teammates, which is already very successful.
The current situation is that the Rockets' bench forward Garruba is injured and is expected to be absent for a while. During this time, Wood and Shin Kyung were naturally the rockets' preferred duo for interior positions.
But Fernando is not without a chance, after all, the Rockets do not care about the record this season, and Silas can also give Fernando some opportunities for him to play. Defensive centers like Fernando are also the type the Rockets need. In case he can perform more than expected for the rest of the season, it is not impossible for the Rockets to renew his contract after his rookie contract expires this season.
After all, Wood has always been on the Rockets' trade list, and during the recent trading period, if the Hornets can make two first-round offers for Wood, the Rockets are expected to release people. So this summer Wood to stay is difficult to determine, only Shen Jing's inner line is far from enough, with a basic salary to retain Fernando, for the Rockets inside line is also a good supplement.