Porter Jr., Green, and Wood are the three players questioned by the Rockets this season, but as the season progresses, Porter Jr. and Green have made significant improvements in the backcourt, and fans have changed from the original doubts to expectations, but Wood is still a questioned member until now.
Take the last game against the Magic, the Rockets could have won, although he bombed a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds, but he was on the free throw line 13 of 3, simply did not see, statistics this season in 50 games and average playing time of 30 minutes or more of the starters, Wood's free throw shooting rate ranked first, the free throw shooting rate was pitifully 60%, but he is obviously a player with shooting ability. In addition to the free throws, Wood's performance on the defensive end is even more unbearable to look at, no matter what level of interior players, as long as it is facing Wood, it can basically play a good stats, and more often, Wood is to change the defense to the boy players, let the Rockets' other players to top the opponent's inside line. He's a real brush, and he says he wants to be one of the best big players in league history.
Earlier, Rockets reporter Kelly Iko reported that Rockets management regarded No. 16 ShenJing as a future star-level player. They know he has a lot of potential to be that guy, it's just that it may take a while to cash in on the pitch and cash in on more talent. Obviously, the Rockets are clear about the core of the team's interior line, and regard Shen Jing as the cornerstone player of the team.
Although Shen Jing's data this season is not particularly beautiful, averaging only 8.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 51 games, it should be known that Shen Jing averaged only 18 minutes per game, and if his data is converted into 36 minutes of efficiency, the game can be 16.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists, which can easily rank in the top three of the rookie. In fact, shen jing could have handed over better data than now, but only because of the limitations of the team lineup, he could not get more playing time, look at the last two games against the Clippers only 14 minutes, only 18 minutes against the Magic, and in the previous game against the Suns, Wood was absent due to injury, Shen Jing started him in 28 minutes but handed over 19 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and in this game he also hit 3 three-pointers, the performance is quite good, which is enough to prove, Shin Kyung has the ability to be the team's starting interior lineman.
Of course, in the next time, Shen Jing will most likely continue to play as a substitute, and the playing time obtained will be relatively limited, but this statement from the Rockets management at least shows one thing, Shen Jing is the future of the team's internal line. Wood will most likely be traded in the following offseason, but in order to get the chips he wants, he must continue to brush up beautiful data in the next game, and for Shin Kyung, his stage will come next season.