Since the end of the trade day, the Rockets have played 5 games, but the team has not won a single game because of the addition of new signings, and to some extent, the Rockets have increased their strength after getting Schroeder, but the team's situation has not changed because of Schroeder's arrival.
In fact, the team management's handling of Schroeder is still beyond the expectations of many people, because after the deal with the Green Army, many teams feel that the Rockets will buy it out, after all, Hugh City is a rebuilt team, there is no demand for Schroeder, and Schroeder has always been yearning for a big contract, staying in the Rockets is basically impossible. However, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein, the Rockets and Schroeder did not rule out the possibility of leaving the latter in Houston, which means that the Rockets may still renew Schroeder's contract.
But the Rockets do not have any demand for Schroeder, it is undeniable that in his 5 games, Schroeder has performed well in organizing tandem teams, averaging 7.8 assists per game, an assist rate of 37.5%, and only 3 turnovers, which is better than the team's backcourt star Porter Jr., but in offense and defense, Schroeder's performance is simply disaster-level, shooting 34.5% in 5 games, shooting 21.7% from three-point range, and shooting 44.4% from the field. Offensive efficiency 102.8, defensive efficiency 119.1, net efficiency -16.3; compared to Porter Jr., who averaged 6.1 assists per game this season, 31 percent assist rate, 3.4 turnovers were slightly worse, but at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Porter Jr. shot 39.6 percent from the field, shot 37.9 percent from three-point range, and shot 51.2 percent from the field. Offensive efficiency 106.3, defensive efficiency 113.5, net efficiency -7.2, not to mention that this season Porter Jr. has made great progress, so it is impossible to replace Porter Jr.
Of course, it is not impossible to let Schroeder play as a backup point guard, but this has also had a great impact on the team's No. 24 show, look at how bad Christopher performed after Schroeder came, the playing time was severely compressed, and Christopher's offensive performance was extremely poor because of the coincidence of the two positions. You know, the Rockets want to train him to be a holliday player, so from this point of view, the Rockets did not leave Schroeder. But why is there any news of a contract renewal coming out?
That's because the Rockets do have a need to renew his contract, but the team's management has a different purpose, and marc Stein's report also has this sentence "did not rule out the possibility of a trade-off in the offseason." Yes, the Rockets' biggest need to renew his contract is to sign first and then change, because the Rockets in the deal with the Green Army, did not bring practical benefits to the Rockets, the reason why the management left him is to let him play beautiful data in the next period of time, if there is a team interested in him in the offseason, you can exchange some assets for the Rockets through the first signing and then changing defense, if it does not meet expectations, then the result can be imagined, the renewal designation is impossible.