On March 17, Beijing time, the Houston Rockets had a "end-to-end dialogue" with the Suns, the first in the West, at home, and the result was as everyone expected, the Rockets lost at home, and after this game, the Rockets have lost 3 consecutive games. The Rockets have a total of 13 games left in the future. The Rockets are far from the playoffs this season, so Silas looks like training new people is the right thing to do in the next game, but unexpectedly, Silas doesn't seem to want to do it.
In the interview, Silas made a clear reference to rocket forward Usman Garuba. When referring to the big man who recently returned from injury, Silas was not polite, and he directly pointed out that Garuba will also play for the Vipers of the development league this season. "Garruba is likely to return to the development league because the Rockets can't give him enough playing time to find rhythm." Silas said.
In fact, some clues can be seen from the way the Rockets have used people in the last two games: in the game against the Pelicans, Silas gave the newly returned Garupa a chance, And garuba played 7 minutes in the game, getting 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block data. However, in today's game between the Rockets and the Suns, the Rockets were already behind by a big score in the fourth quarter, but Silas did not send fringe players such as Garuba or Fernando in garbage time as in the previous game, but gave the Knicks, Schroeder, Christopher and other outside players playing time.
As a result, the Rockets have hit garbage time in this game, but Garupa has not been able to catch even 1 minute of playing time. The whole game was hidden by Silas, and Garupa, who was a member of the Rockets, was also quite helpless. So far, Jaylen Green, Christopher and Shin Kyoto have performed in the regular season that match or even "better" their draft picks, but as a first-round 23-pick rookie, Garruba's performance this season seems to be inferior to some second-round rookies.
Is it Garouba that can't? Obviously not, on the one hand, Garouba's prolonged recuperation is one reason, and another, more important reason, is Silas's lack of attention to Garouba. The Rockets would rather let Wood brush the data casually and occupy a lot of playing time than give the 20-year-old rookie Garuba some playing time, and Silas is very different in terms of employment - since the Rockets are not a playoff team and do not have to think about the record, then why not Garruba?
Silas has already spoken bluntly, there is no garruba place in the Rockets, he should go and develop the league. With these words from Silas, Nagaruba could basically give up this season. In the remaining 13 games, the Rockets may not give Garupa another chance, at least this season he will be indirectly abandoned by the Rockets. Fortunately, Garruba's contract with the Rockets is not a year, and if you want to return to the Rockets and enter the rotation lineup, you can only wait for next season.
But will the Rockets really have Garupa next season? Even if Wood is gone, the Rockets still have Shin Kyung in the No. 5 position, and the Rockets will most likely pick up an inside star in this year's draft, and perhaps Garupa will be a regular visitor to the development league Vipers next season.