Although the NBA regular season is still some time away, Hugh City fans have already focused on the offseason draft, after all, the Rockets have two first rounds in 2022, and now the team has the bottom of the league, hoping to help Hugh City accumulate more talent through these two first round picks.
In fact, in the past period of time, many draft experts predicted that the Rockets will most likely use their first round to bring back a frontcourt player to make up for the shortcomings of the lineup, after all, this year's rookie hot 3 players are frontcourt players, Chet, Smith, Bancello, get anyone can be a good substitute for Wood. But judging from the Rockets' game against the Grizzlies earlier today, the problems in the team's backcourt are far greater than Wood's, and Porter Jr. once again showed frustration because of poor offensive performance during the game, and was dissatisfied with being replaced by Silas, and even glared at Lucas, the assistant coach who has been carefully caring for him, and this is not the first time that Porter Jr. has seen such a situation in the Rockets.
The management of the Rockets originally had high hopes for him, hoping that he could form a backcourt partnership with Green, and even hesitated to give Wall, the obvious player of 44 million, to the DNP, but Porter Jr. did not give the Rockets management the return it deserved, often affected by his own negative emotions on the court, and even passed on to other teammates, the Rockets have given Porter Jr. a season to trial and error, to change, but it is impossible to keep him to trial and error, just like the fans said, if the team treats him as a baby, And wait for him to change, and this reconstruction will last forever. The team's management also sees this in the eyes, before the NBA draft expert Vecenie said: "I don't think the Rockets' management needs to consider his presence when making draft decisions. So then Stone is likely to change his mind and see the draft template as Morant's Jaden Ivey into the team's scope.
Although Ivey is not as hot as Chet or Smith, but for the Rockets, they urgently need a backcourt partner who can combine with Green, Ivey is not strictly defined as the No. 1 player, but he has a good vision on the court, a good judgment between his own offense and passing to his teammates, and the most important thing is that he can stand up when the game enters a critical time. In a game in the NCAA that ended today, Ive led the team to defeat the opponent to advance to the round of 16, although he shot only 4 of 7 and 4 of 3 points, but he bombed 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, and was able to bomb 18 points thanks to his 9 chances to stand on the free throw line and hit 8 goals.
And Ive is 1.93 meters tall, arm span 2.08 meters, combined with his explosive body, on the field is the existence of attack and defense, many fans want to see Morant and Green form a backcourt partner, but in the short term this is doomed to be impossible, if the Rockets want to improve the backcourt situation as soon as possible, it is completely possible to consider choosing Ivey to replace Porter Jr. and Green to form a backcourt partner, after all, there is Shen Jing in the front court, and even Fernando's lottery ticket can also scratch again.