This season's NBA regular season can be described as suspenseful and chaotic, who would have thought that the two weak teams of the Jazz and Trail Blazers had an excellent record of 3-0 and occupied the top two of the league rankings. And who would have thought that the Lakers and 76ers, two teams aiming to compete for the championship, would be 0-3 with weak teams such as the Rockets, Magic, and Kings, and tied for the bottom of the standings. Beijing time on October 25, the Western Conference will play a head-to-end battle, the Rockets will face the challenge of the Jazz at home, because Silas's team needs to face the Hawks, Grizzlies, Bucks three strong teams in the previous three games, so Rockets fans are not surprised by the team's loss, they thought that this game with the Jazz could win the first win of the season, but who knew that this team actually connected the Nuggets, Timberwolves, Pelicans three strong teams, so that everyone was surprised, Even the Jazz's own fans are puzzled, isn't it to send Mitchell and Gobert away to mess up!
Despite the Jazz's three-game winning streak, the Rockets were not without a chance in this game, starting with the fact that the Jazz had just finished back-to-back games against the Pelicans and had a difficult overtime victory, so the players' fitness was worrying. Secondly, the three-game losing streak has left the entire Rockets holding their stomachs and wanting to vent, and if they can win against the top-ranked Jazz, it will play a very important role in boosting morale. In the end, the Rockets played at home, and with tens of thousands of spectators cheering, the young players of the Rockets are expected to play beyond normal.
Judging from the performance of the Rockets in the first three regular season games, Jaylen Green and Porter Jr.'s backcourt combination is relatively solid, and they have shown good game form. In addition, Gordon's role as a starting small forward can control the pace of the game and help young players grow, and his role cannot be ignored. The biggest drawback of the Rockets is the lack of interior strength, head coach Silas is still trying to start the best candidate, Jabari Smith has not found the shooting touch, Shen Jing's confrontation ability needs to be further strengthened, Fernando and Garruba have no shooting ability, can only stay on the inside to eat cake, and at this stage the Rockets do not have a good playmaker to send them shells, so general manager Rafael Stone still has the idea of continuing to strengthen the inside line. According to the US media "NBA analysis", the two teams of the Rockets and Magic are negotiating a 3-for-1 trade offer, if the negotiations go well, the long-armed weird Bamba is expected to go to Houston to assist Jaylen Green, the specific trade plan is: the Rockets send Jessian Tate + Boban Majanovic + the Nets in the second round of the 2024 Nets to get the Magic's Mohammed Bamba.
Bamba is 2.13 meters tall, has an arm span of 2.36 meters and weighs 105 kilograms, and plays as a center on the court, averaging 10.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game last season and shooting a whopping 38% from three-point range. He has great athleticism and the league's first long arm, which makes him a deterrent in the small penalty area, and his ability to protect rebounds and blocks is extremely prominent. But such a quality interior lineman, but due to the arrival of champion Paul Banqueiro, he was reduced to a substitute, and the overall pick was even after Pol Bol, who only joined the team this summer, which made Bamba very dissatisfied, and fleeing Orlando has become his greatest wish. Bamba's talent has been coveted by Rockets general manager Stone for a long time, and if he and Jabari Smith are paired inside, Silas's team is expected to improve their strength both offensively and defensively, and the key is that Bamba is only 24 years old this year, and his future prospects are well worth looking forward to.
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