With more than 20 days to go, the new season of the NBA preseason will begin. The Rockets' opponents are strong and weak, both the Spurs, the Pacers and the Eastern Strong Teams, as well as the Heat and Raptors, but no matter how the Rockets perform in the preseason, they are likely to still be a team that competes for the next season, in other words, the Rockets' hard power next season is not enough to win playoff tickets, and the Rockets management probably wants to spend another year and fight for the super new humanities class Yama or Henderson next summer.
In particular, Henderson, in the previous 2023 draft forecast, the point guard Scott Henderson, known as the Westbrook + Rose combination, predicted to be selected by the Rockets with the first pick, and Wen banyama became the top pick. So why did the US media predict that the Rockets would not choose Wenban Yama, but henderson, who was not so famous? The reason is also very simple, don't look at the rocket team's current talent in the entire league, but this team's weakest position should still be the No. 1 position.
In the past 10 years, the Rockets' point guard positions have not been weak, from jeremy Lin and Beverley at their peak to Lou, Paul, Harden and Westbrook, and even after the Rockets entered the rebuild, their main point guard Wall has first-class talent and ability. But now it's different, the Rockets have Jaylen Green on the No. 2, Ethan on the No. 3, Smith on the No. 4, and Shin Kyung on the No. 5, but what about the point guard position? In addition to the 29th show Washington, there is only Little Potter.
Although Porter Jr. averaged 15 points and 6 assists per game last season, he made too many mistakes and the assist-to-turnover ratio was not good. Pairing up with Jaylen Green didn't produce too good chemistry. Espnon rated a list of the most interesting backcourt partners next season, with 12 pairs of 30 teams in the league on the list, and the Rockets' backcourt double-core Porter Jr. and Jaylen Green regrettably failed.
In fact, Jaylen Green is good enough, and he is bound to evolve again in the new season. But what about Little Potter? Although he is still practicing hard one summer, it has to be said that Porter Jr. is not suitable for point guard, and his scoring ability is indeed not inferior to Jaylen Green, but in terms of organizational offense, whether it is ball quotient or vision, or his unselfish style of play, it is the shortcomings of being a point guard.
Warriors Curry + Klay, 76ers Harden + Maxi, Cavaliers Garland + Mitchell, Clippers Wall + George, Suns Paul + Booker, Timberwolves Russell + Edwards, Eagles Trae Young + Murray, Grizzlies Morant + Bain, Nets Bency + Irving, Lone Ranger Doncic + Dinwiddie, Green Army Smart + Jaylen Brown, Lakers West + Black Bay, are the 12 pairs of partners on the list, Rockets' Little Potter + Green did not make the list.
The Rockets were not selected, on the one hand, the team's combat effectiveness was too poor, on the other hand, Porter Jr.'s ceiling and personal talent, as well as last season's performance, were completely intriguing. Although Jaylen Green is excellent, he seems to be dragged down with Porter Jr. Therefore, if the Rockets want to make the reconstruction faster and better, in addition to vigorously cultivating new talents, changing the starting point guard may become the most important operation. And next summer's rising star, Scotty Henderson, may be the ideal choice for the Rockets.