Beijing time on March 25, the Rockets will play against the Blazers twice tomorrow and the day after tomorrow in 2 days, compared with the Rockets who have long bid farewell to the playoffs, the Blazers still have some hope of entering the playoffs, so from a single mentality point of view, the Rockets have no pressure, and the Blazers will inevitably try their best to win all in two games. After the game with the Blazers, the Rockets will return home to have a conversation with the Spurs, and like the Blazers, the Spurs also have the hope of entering the playoffs, so they will not be "merciful" to the Rockets.
So does the Rockets have any hope of winning? Obviously, there are, Jaylen Green, Shen Jing and other rookie players, must want to play a brilliant performance in the last few games, after all, some of the awards of rookies still have to be competed for. Although Jaylen Green may not be the best rookie, it is still interesting to enter the rookie for a while. The probability of Shen Jing entering the rookie first group is not large, but entering the rookie second team is a drama.
And there is a statistic, which is also very favorable to Shen Jing, this data is the PER value, which is the so-called "player efficiency index". What does that mean? Let's take a look, according to reports, the most basic idea of the player efficiency index is to convert a player's performance in the game into a number that can be compared, ensuring that players in different positions can be compared on the same running line after conversion.
That is to say, whether you are a defender, a striker or an interior lineman, you can use this index to reflect your performance in the game, and this "player efficiency value" has a high reference value for judging how well a player is performing in the game - although in the regular game statistics, this data is not included in the statistics.
Of all the rookies this season, rockets bench center Alperen Shinkin is the highest on the index, with a personal value of 16.17. The Raptors' small forward Scotty Barnes is the same as Shin Kyung, but because he has one less game than Shin Kyung, he is in second place. In addition, the Cavaliers' interior star Evan Mobley is in third place, with a value of 16.05. Rockets rookie Jaylen Green did not make it to the top 3 of the list.
That said, don't look at Shen Jing's statistics in the game is not very good, he averaged 19.6 minutes in 65 games, contributed 9.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.9 blocks. However, in terms of individual performance in the game, Shen Jing is not inferior to any rookie player, and can even sit on an equal footing with the best rookie big hit Barnes and Mobley, and Shen Jing's performance is slightly better.
So, if the Rockets can give Shin Kyung more playing time, it can be said that Shin Kyung's performance can definitely compete for the best rookie, but Silas has no intention of doing so. Even for Jaylen Green, Silas did not give him enough ball and shooting rights, and it has to be said that in terms of cultivating rookie players, the Rockets are far behind the Raptors, Cavaliers, Pistons and other teams. But Shen Jing can rank first in this data, which is indeed worthy of congratulations.