No surprise, the Rockets still performed badly this season, with only 2 games left in the regular season, 20 wins and 60 losses, 0.5 games behind the Magic, who are no.1 in the East, and basically locked in the league's bottom 1 position if they wanted to.
Locking in the league's bottom 1 is a disgraceful achievement, but for the Rockets, the team still has a lot to gain this season!
The Rockets have completely entered the rebuild this season, and the team's mind is not on the record, but on running into the lineup as much as possible and training new people! And the Rockets rookies didn't disappoint! Green's performance is getting better and better, cutting 30+ in a row to prove his potential, and there is not much problem in becoming a star in the future. Porter Jr. is also progressing fast, and is expected to form a double gun in the backcourt with Green.
In addition, Christopher, Sagu, Tate, etc. also have extraordinary potential, and the Rockets have included a large number of young talents! And now that the Rockets' record is locked in the top 3 of the league, the team will basically get a top 4 draft pick, or even a top 4 draft, and the team's future team framework can basically be formed, only to grow slowly.
The Rockets can look forward to the future, this sentence is not wrong, but the Rockets in an upward situation, there is a big trouble, he is Wall!
After the Rockets failed to rush the championship in the 2018-2019 season, in order to better assemble the lineup and impact the championship, they chose to trade Westbrook in exchange for Wall, trying to form a new duo with Harden and rush to the championship again!
Unfortunately, the Rockets' series of operations not only did not impress Harden, but made Harden think that the Rockets had withdrawn from the championship window, and finally left the Rockets through the "Cold Force Palace", and the Rockets fell.
Harden left, Wall also lost the meaning of the Rockets, and his first year on the Rockets, although he averaged 20.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game, the data is not bad, but he missed 42 games due to injury, the efficiency has become very low, the Rockets record has become the league's penultimate 1st, Wall has no role for the Rockets, even negative assets.
And this season, in order to better cultivate the backcourt twins of Green and Porter Jr., the Rockets directly reached an agreement with Wall, who did not participate in all the games of the Rockets this season, and the Rockets wasted more than 40 million salaries in vain, but this is not the end, the Rockets still have to take a year.
According to NBA reporters: Wall has a year left on his contract, more than $47 million worth of player options, and it is reported that Wall will execute his contract next season.
Wall will continue to execute his contract for next season, this result is not surprising, not to execute is a brain problem! But this time it hurt the Rockets! Wall continues to execute on his contract, and the Rockets are certainly continuing his strategy of not returning, so that he has no effect on the team at all. And if the Rockets want to trade, on the level and salary of Wall, I am afraid that no team is willing to accept it, even if it is exchanged with the Lakers, the possibility is very low, which makes the Rockets can only smash their hands.
How will Wall end up with the Rockets? From now on, the probability of a buyout is the greatest! The Rockets don't need Wall, they don't need Wall to play for the team, they don't need him to continue coaching young players, he basically has no meaning for the Rockets! Coupled with the high salary and low energy characteristics of Wall's field, it cannot be traded at all. So stay, unwilling to stay, trade, trade can not go out, the rocket can only choose to buy out this road.
Buying out Wall is not really a big problem for the Rockets! At present, the team is dominated by young players, except for Wall, the team does not have a maximum salary contract, coupled with the fact that the team has not been bothered by a contract extension for the time being, the salary space is absolutely sufficient! Even if the contract is renewed, Green, Porter Jr., etc., will not be disturbed by Wall.
But Wall this season + next season, does not represent the Rockets to play a game, but can take away 92 million salary, this wronged head, the Rockets are determined, do not know the Rockets owner, how do you feel about this?