Compared to the Rockets' big loss to the Jazz, it's clear that the Rockets' latest signing is exciting. According to reports, the Rockets have signed a development league Vipers' main point guard, Deschen Knicks, who has just celebrated his 20th birthday with an NBA standard contract! In fact, the Knicks have always been a member of the Rockets this season, and he has always belonged to the Rockets' 17-man roster, but unlike other Rockets players, the Knicks have always been on a two-way contract.
Along with the Knicks on a two-way contract with the Vipers of the Development League, there is also rockets small forward Trevlin Quinn, unfortunately this time the Rockets regularized the Knicks' contract, not Quinn's contract. Compared to Quinn, the Knicks are better in the Vipers, and he is younger, and during the development of the league last season, the Knicks were also teammates of the rockets' core guard Jaylen Green, so with these advantage bonuses, the Knicks got a new contract from the Rockets.
This time, the Rockets directly converted the Knicks' two-way contract into a 4-year standard contract, but the specific details of the contract, such as whether it is fully guaranteed, or the team/player option for a certain year, this has not been further reported, we have to wait and see. But what is certain is that the 20-year-old Knicks have officially become the last player on the Rockets to have a standard contract, the 15th player on the Rockets to have an NBA standard contract.
You know, the NBA stipulates that each team can only have a maximum of 15 players to get a standard contract, and there are 2 two-way contract places, and now the Rockets will turn the Knicks' contract positive, which not only means that the Rockets' standard contract 15-person quota has been "full", but also shows that the Rockets' two-way contract quota has vacated an empty seat, and the Rockets can use this two-way contract quota to find a player to sign.
This will not only allow the Rockets to get more reinforcements, but also allow the Rockets' lineup to remain flexible, which can be said to be a double win. The 20-year-old Knicks won the 4-year contract with his outstanding performance in the development league, he averaged 23 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2.5 steals per game in the development league, it can be said that the Knicks are the absolute main core of the Vipers and the big star in the development league. At present, the Knicks are a bit like the Rockets' development league FMVP Haltenstein, except that he did not help the Rockets to get a development league championship trophy.
In the Rockets, the Knicks have played in a total of 8 games this season, averaging only 3.8 points, 1.3 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game in 8.4 minutes per game. All the Knicks need is to use every opportunity to find a way to get back to the Rockets and get a chance to play. Then it was discovered and reused by Silas, which can gain a foothold in the Rockets, rather than in the development of the league, after all, entering the rotation lineup of the Rockets is the ultimate goal of the Knicks.