The Rockets' rebuilding began with the guard position.
During the combined period of Harden and Paul, and the backcourt partnership of Harden and Weston, the ceiling for the Rockets felt that the two-guard core was very high.
When the Rockets were forced to trade Harden, the Rockets signed Tate through free signing in 2020 and selected Martin Jr. in the second round through the draft, and the Rockets did not regard these two players as core players.
In the 2020-2021 season, after the Rockets traded Harden to the Nets, in this deal, Prince and Allen were traded to the Cavaliers, in which Prince occupied the locker room position of Kevin Porter Jr., prompting Porter Jr. to lose his temper, break up with the Cavaliers, and finally trade to the Rockets in a free way.
In the 2020-2021 season, the Rockets were basically rebuilding around Porter Jr., when the Rockets' backcourt partners were Wall and Porter Jr., but Wall occupied a lot of the ball, the Rockets were injured very frequently, and each player got a lot of opportunities, resulting in it seemed that the Rockets did not focus on cultivating Porter Jr.
In the summer of 2021, the Rockets selected Jaylen Green, Shen Jing, Garuba and Christopher in the draft, of which the Rockets rebuild the era, there is a high-pick lottery show with a serious child, and the capital for the Rockets rebuild is there, he is Jaylen Green.
In the 2021-2022 season, the Rockets are not rebuilt around Jaylen Green, but around Kevin Porter Jr. and Jaylen Green, during the Cavaliers, Porter Jr. played shooting guard, and this season, Silas let Porter Jr. play playmaker and Green play shooting guard, in this way, let the two coexist, and such a core configuration is very similar to the shadow of the Harden + Paul/Westless dual backcourt core combination.
By this year's draft, the Rockets had selected Jabari Smith Jr., Ethan and Taitai Washington, and since then the core of the Rockets' reconstruction has been Kevin Porter Jr. + Jaylen Green + Jabari Smith Jr.
At present, this Rockets team, Porter Jr. is the team's starting playmaker, is the team's most important player, when the Rockets have replacements in other positions, and among the reserve talents of playmaking guards, only Dashon Knicks and Taitai Washington.
Daishen Knicks' current strength is basically between the 2nd point guard to the 3rd point guard of a team in the league, against some teams, Daishen Knicks' strength does not have the strength of the 2nd point guard, but playing some teams, the role of the Knicks is also very obvious can be played, in some championship teams, or playoff teams, Knicks can only act as the 3rd organizational guard.
Taitai Washington is currently being sent down by the Rockets, with Washington's performance in the preseason, does not have the strength to substitute the organizational guard, it may take a long time to be recalled by the Rockets to the team, in the case of the Knicks' unsatisfactory performance, the Rockets are not in a hurry to recall Washington, it can be seen that Washington's performance, there is still a long way to go from the rotation lineup.
In the case of such a lack of guards in the Rockets' organization, Porter Jr.'s recent turnovers have suddenly increased significantly, currently averaging 4.1 turnovers per game, ranking 3rd in the league, second only to Lillard and Embiid, averaging 4.1 per game, while Porter Jr. averages 5.8 assists per game, only ranking 33rd in the league, Porter Jr.'s assists are incomparable 1.43, among the top 50 players in the league in assists, the assist-to-error ratio is only higher than Paul George and Jordan Poole, such an organizational error ratio, Basically at the bottom of the league.
So, is Porter Jr.'s assist-to-error ratio suitable for playing the position of organizational point guard?
From the performance of Porter Jr. this season, the Rockets' team offense this season is not good, more after simple blocking tactics, individual singles, the Rockets have a lot of tactics, basically evolved into singles in the end, prompting the overall attack of the Rockets, and the teamwork is not good, on the one hand, it is related to the strength of the Rockets players, on the other hand, it is related to the tactical arrangement of the head coach, and more importantly, it is related to Porter Jr.'s organizational tandem ability.
When Porter Jr. was on the floor, the Rockets had one more scorer, Porter Jr. has a high singles frequency after blocking this season, likes three-point shooting after blocking, and likes to block and break through to the inside with the ball, by playing small and big, reading the game, through the space and gap of the opposing center defense to throw points, punish the opponent's defensive position, but Porter Jr.'s finishing efficiency under the basket is not good, and often makes mistakes in such an environment, and is converted by the opponent offensive and defensive.
On the one hand, it shows that Porter Jr.'s ball intelligence is improving and knows how to use dislocation to make a fuss, on the other hand, it shows that Porter Jr.'s strength is not enough, and his ability to handle the ball in the face of confrontation and interference needs to be improved.
In the path of passing and organization, Porter Jr. still has a certain passing vision, and has also passed some very beautiful and brilliant balls, but Porter Jr.'s passing ability cannot be sustained, and the passing level is not stable.
Porter Jr. has many problems in the organization and tandem, he often dribbles the ball, as a player with a very good sense of the ball and ball of the team, the protection of the ball on the field and the concentration of dribbling need to be improved.
Porter Jr.'s passing, for the running position of teammates on the field, and the execution of tactics on the field, often deviations, resulting in not tacit understanding with teammates, resulting in mistakes, being converted by opponents in attack and defense, more importantly, Porter Jr.'s own mistake control is not good, too confident in his own control skills, and for the opponent's defensive judgment, there are deviations, resulting in a lot of unnecessary mistakes.
So, is Porter Jr.'s assist-to-turnover ratio really suitable for the position of point guard?
From the current point of view, Porter Jr. plays organizational guard, lacks the overall situation on the field, judgment on the field, and reading the game, these need to be obtained through the game, Porter Jr. makes a lot of mistakes in the rockets, tries a lot, belongs to the experience of the day after tomorrow, in order to achieve the role and positioning of the organizational guard, we all know the overall situation and experience of point guards, need to be cultivated for a long time, the rockets are very patient with Porter Jr., and there are no conclusions about Porter Jr., there are no more suitable players at present, More talented players act as playmakers for the team, and the Rockets let Porter Jr. play playmaker, more to make a variety of options, and the current situation is one of the solutions the Rockets are trying to do at the moment.
As for Porter Jr. is not suitable for the Rockets' long-term organizational guard, Porter Jr. needs to complete the metamorphosis of point guard error accumulation before Green and Smith two players cash in on their talents, otherwise the Rockets will replace Porter Jr. with a higher pick in the future, Porter Jr.'s contract has decided that the future of the Rockets is not stable, and he needs to fight for himself.