After the last loss to the Nuggets, the Rockets suffered the second wave of 12 consecutive losses of the season, but in fact, the overall performance of the Rockets in recent times has improved significantly compared with before, whether it is the team's defense, or the team's eye Green improvement, so that everyone can see the hope of ending the losing streak, but the team has frequently encountered injuries, the team's core organization defender missed two games in the game against the Magic, and it was difficult to wait for him to return, and the team's backup guard Schroeder was injured again in the game against the Clippers. Missing the game against the Jazz and Nuggets, schroeder is still in doubt in his next game against the Grizzlies, according to the latest news.
To make up for the Rockets' lack of bench guarding, Silas next has to use the team's fifth rookie this season, Theschen Knicks. For this rookie, there may be many fans who don't know him very well, he was actually a teammate of the G League Ignition Team with the list eye Green last year, and the Rockets gave him a two-way contract after losing the draft, and spent most of this season playing for the Rockets Development League Viper, until after the trade deadline, the Rockets lineup freed up a place for him to give him a 4-year, 8 million contract to turn him positive.
The Knicks are a pure No. 1 player, 6 feet 5, weigh 205 pounds, last season in the Ignition team game has 8.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists, shooting 38.4%, 17.4% three-point shooting, insufficient scoring ability, insufficient three-point shooting rate is one of the important factors in his failure, but this season he has made great progress on the Vipers, In the average 34 minutes per game, he handed over a comprehensive statistic of 20.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 2 steals, including 48.4% shooting and 40% three-point shooting, and led the team to 14 wins and 4 losses, far ahead of the development league, and great progress also allowed him to successfully get a formal NBA contract.
If it weren't for Schroeder's injury absence, the Rockets wouldn't have intended to recall him from the G-League, and in the last game against the Nuggets, the Knicks got 2 minutes of garbage time, no data to score, but this did not affect the expectations of the team management of him, in an earlier interview with the team's general manager Stone about the Knicks, he said: "Every aspect of the Knicks game has improved, considering his age, you expect it to be so, but this kind of thing doesn't happen all the time. But he's improved in every way, and the 19-year-old should improve quickly, but that's what we wanted to see before. If the Vipers aren't the best team in the development league, then they're definitely in the top two or top three, he's leading the team, he's the engine of the team, and that's what we wanted to see before. ”
It's not hard to see how much Stone expects of him, in addition to coach Silas and teammate Green are also very appreciative of the Knicks, especially Green said: "I always said that the Knicks are a real point guard, he seeks to involve other people in the attack, he will open up space, he will run the offense, the important thing is that if the opponent lets him go, he will score, he is very comprehensive, he is strong, he has technique, there is defense, I have known for a long time." 」 "It can be seen that he can play with the Knicks again, and Green is also quite excited and looking forward to it."