On April 27, Beijing time, the Heat defeated the Hawks with the performance of Oladipo in the absence of Jimmy Butler and Lowry, and the Heat eliminated the Hawks 4-1 on aggregate and advanced to the next round. The Heat's opponent will then emerge from the middle of the Raptors and the 76ers, who now lead the Raptors 3-2 and will be able to meet the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals with just one more win.
Looking at the Houston Rockets, all this fierce competition has nothing to do with the Rockets. The Rockets, who failed to make it to the playoffs, have not heard much lately. But today there is a more interesting news, that is, the Rockets' bench forward Kenjan Martin Jr.'s father, that is, the famous NBA dunk KenJan Martin (2000 champion), suddenly opened the Rockets without warning.
For what? It turned out that the old Martin thought that the Rockets had treated Martin Jr. badly, and he felt that Martin Jr. had worked very hard, and Martin Jr. had achieved today's achievements with his own efforts and talents. He believes that Martin Jr.'s progress has nothing to do with the Rockets, and the playing time Martin Jr. gets is inseparable from his own efforts. And martin also said that the rockets are not suitable for Martin Jr., the past two years of the rocket team's record is bad, he suggested that martin should change teams, and take the Bucks, Spurs, Heat and other strong teams as an example.
In other words, Martin Sr. seems to be unhappy with the rockets' placement and playing time for Martin Jr., believing that Martin Jr. should have gotten better, but the Rockets "delayed him." I don't know where this came from, originally Martin Jr.'s talent is more general, although the cap ability is good, but his height can be described as "not three or four" - playing the No. 3 position is too slow to move, and lack of projection ability; playing the No. 4 position, the height is not enough, and there is no way to survive in the NBA No. 4 position with a long jump alone.
Moreover, Martin Jr. does have first-class athletic ability, but his other abilities are not very strong. However, in the Rockets, Martin Jr. has enough playing time and a solid rotation position, and if he changes to another team, Martin Jr. may not be able to get this treatment. So what is the reason for the old Martin's madness? In fact, from the words of old Martin, we can perceive one or two. Martin Sr. also said that this year the Rockets will have a lotto signing, so there will be rookies joining the Rockets, when the Rockets will become younger.
That's Martin Sr.'s "worry" — he knows martin Jr. isn't outstanding among young big forwards throughout the NBA, and that the Rockets have a top 5 pick at this summer's draft pick, while 3 talented rookies/centers Bencaryro, Jabal smith, Chet, and one of them could be picked by the Rockets.
After all, the Rockets already have Green and Porter Jr. in the backcourt, and the center position has Shin Kyung, but the big forward position still lacks a top rookie. If there are new big forwards to join, then as a second-round show, Martin Jr. is likely to have no ball to play, after all, there are tough guys like Tate and Garuba in the No. 4 position. In the end, old Martin still has no confidence in Martin Jr.'s strength, which can't help but get mad.
On the surface, it is said that the Rockets are not worthy of Martin Jr., but in fact, it is a disguised pressure on the Rockets to continue to give Martin Jr. enough playing time and opportunities next season, which is his real purpose.