After a season, the Rockets' management seems to have seen that Porter Jr. is not the team's answer to the No. 1 position, since March, Silas has reduced the time of Porter Jr. in many games, sometimes let Green play the No. 1 position, sometimes let Schroder take control in the connection period, Porter Jr. and Green have successively played the No. 2 position, and it can be felt that the Rockets urgently need a candidate who can carry the starting No. 1 position, of course, this answer will not be Wall nor Schroeder.
So as the NBA season draws to a close, many Rockets fans are looking at this year's rookie market, in the hot rookie Jaden Ive is one of the few backcourt players, many people see his draft template as Morant, hoping that the Rockets can take him to Hugh City and Green to form a new backcourt partner in the draft, then Will Ivey be the Rockets' backcourt answer?
Take a look at the Purdue University guard, who is 1.93 meters tall but has an arm span of 2.08 meters, he is regarded as the most talented backcourt player in this rookie, and can deliver 17.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists in the 2021-22 season, shooting 46.4% from the field and 36.4% from three-point range. If the Rockets really want to choose Ivey, then he and Green will have a certain overlap, but when you get to know him, it may change your opinion, and when he can team up with Green, they will become a very exciting backcourt combination in the NBA.
First of all, in terms of physical fitness, it is needless to say, Ive is a black player, has a very strong body, this point does not need to be questioned at all, and the other is to score this piece, which is also the case, just recently in the NCAA game, Ivey shot 18 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the case of 7 shots and 4 shots, leading the team to advance to the round of 16, which is completely a display of his talent. The main thing here is whether he can take on the heavy responsibility of the No. 1 position, because what the Rockets urgently need now is to have a backcourt that can organize a tandem team, and Ivey seems to be better at scoring, which is true, but Ive has a very good vision on the court, and the ability to dribble in the crowd, and the most important thing is that he can grasp the scale between attack and pass, and make judgments in a short time, which is difficult to make up for the day after tomorrow, which helps him to have a better promotion in the No. 1 position. Otherwise, Little Potter would not have been so criticized.
In addition, with the development of modern basketball, sometimes the difference between the No. 1 position and the No. 2 position is often blurred, and it can be seen that green even has a problem dribbling at the beginning of the season, but now he can even deliver 5-6 assists in a game, which also means that when Ive and Green form a backcourt, the two of them can switch possession at any time on the court. And it is worth mentioning that Ive also has a very good no-ball running, can practice more tactics for the team, look at the current Rockets, often a person dribbling, four people standing there, not only no ornamentation, but also can be easily recognized by the opponent to attack, the Rockets now need such a person who can have the ability to run without the ball. Overall, Ivey and Green's backcourt will be more exciting and promising than with Porter Jr., after all, sometimes hard work can't make up for the lack of talent.