This season is the rocket officially into the first year of reconstruction, of course, the team's record is not so satisfactory, so far the team has only achieved 15 wins and 43 losses, ranking third from the bottom of the First League in the West, but the team's manager Silas and general manager Stone do not see it that way.
In an interview earlier, Silas said: "The team has always had ups and downs, and there are some very different performances, but as a whole, I like the progress of our players, they are learning, they are improving. As a coach, you always want to make things better, you want to win more games, I never feel perfect, it's hard, I have to make arrangements and let them improve, that's my job. It is not difficult to see from Silas's words that he is still relatively satisfied with the performance of the team this season, especially in the progress of young players.
And Stone said in the same way: "If you take a step back and look at the big picture, we feel very good, we want to bring talented players to the team, I think we have a lot of talented players, I think when you look at the talent of these players, they are all improving, and from that point of view, we all feel good. It's a tough league, it's hard this season, there are ups and downs and challenges, it's not going to be progressing all the time, it's not that there are fewer challenges in front of us, but we all like our young players and we have to look at how we get them to improve and see if we can turn individual progress into team progress. ”
From the interviews between the two of them, it can be seen that this season the team did not focus on the record but on the growth of players, and for the growth and improvement of players, Silas and Stone's attitude is the same, after all, the progress of the rocket's young players this season is visible to the naked eye, among the 4 rookie players, Green, Shin Jing, Christopher, 3 of them not only show their talent, but also adapt to the NBA arena, compared to the beginning of the season like two different players. The same is true of Porter Jr., another rookie who focuses on training, who is more like a makeover, not only more comfortable in organizing tandem teams, but also has made great improvements in personal defense and offense, which is what the rebuilding team most wants to happen and see.
But Stone's words have another meaning compared to Silas, note that the phrase "see if you can turn personal progress into team progress", it is clear that he hopes that the Rockets' goal next season is to win and win more games. This season the team has identified Porter Jr. and Green as the core of the team's backcourt, on the basis of personal progress, they need this progress into team progress, after all, the team ultimately pursues a better record to impact the championship, which is the ultimate goal of every team, next season the Rockets will enter the second year of reconstruction, the Rockets do not continue to rot the demand, the team has also accumulated more young talents, the Rockets need to transform these talents into immediate combat power, to help the team to win more games, Laying the groundwork for the next stage of the crown.