In the Rockets' deal with the Green Army, many people have set their sights on Schroeder's body, after all, he is the main player of this transaction, and there are still many teams waiting for the Rockets to buy out, but in fact, for the management of the Rockets, Schroeder will only be a hurried passerby, compared to the team's other 23-year-old new signing Fernando in the trade city, Stone pays more attention to his future on the team.
Although Stone said in the previous press conference that they did not mean to buy out Schroeder, but to know that Schroeder has not expressed any opinion on being traded to the Rockets, it is clear that he is hesitating, and Fernando is different, he not only talked about the excitement of joining the Rockets at the first time, but also put into training. Earlier Fernando said of being traded to the Rockets: "I'm so happy, I couldn't wait to be here before and my agent called me and said, 'When do you want to go?'" I said, 'As soon as possible.' 'I feel great, for me it's a great opportunity to come here, there's a great group of young players here, for me as a young player, to come here and get a chance to play, I'm enjoying it, the city of Houston is great, I'm so excited, I can't wait. ”
I have to say that he is a very smart player, he knows that being traded to the Rockets also means the arrival of opportunities, Stone said about Fernando in an interview, he said: "Fernando is another big man, Daniel Theis is gone, we still have Usman Garruba, he is still recovering, hopefully he will return soon, but Fernando has given us depth in that position." He's young, athletic, he's got a good draft pick and hasn't gotten a real chance yet, which gives us a chance to get to know him, he also has a chance to get to know us and we'll know more. "It can be seen from these words that the team attaches great importance to him, although he is a second-round show, but he has very good physical talent, good skills on the field, and is also seen as a young version of Ibaka. Like Stone said, he hadn't gotten a real chance yet.
After all, he is 2.06 meters tall, with an arm span of 2.21 meters, which belongs to the kind of black and hard representative, and he also showed good skills in college, as an interior player who can eat cake on the offensive end, will attract bags and passes in low singles, and more importantly, he also has the ability to pull in the middle distance, which can develop his outside projection; there is a good movement speed on the defensive end, can change defenses, and it is not a problem to face a small interior line with a small speed advantage, the blocking is very solid, and there is a good card position ability; in general, Fernando is still an interior player worth cultivating, which is why Stone decided to train him.
Of course, Stone's decision also means that the team's No. 23 coach Garuba is a bit dangerous in the Rockets' position, the two of them still have some overlap in position, and since the new season, Garuba has not been able to show his ability, more importantly, there is no obvious progress, if Fernando can play, Garuba's future in the Rockets is not easy to say.