The Houston Rockets' operations have begun to pay off this summer, first of all, Rockets owner Fertita cut Silas and poached Uduka in order to lead the team to win and achieve a playoff result. Uduka's coaching ability is obvious to the whole league, leading the Green Army to the finals, and the players and assistants under his command are particularly obedient to his leadership, which is the strength of a strong manager. If Uduka is not exposed for the "violation", the Green Army management will be reluctant to abandon him. This year's Green Army manager Mazura still has a big gap in his coaching level compared to Uduka. $28 million for 4 years! The Rockets really won the bet, bought one got three free, and all 4 joined the Rockets.
The coaching ability of former Rockets coach Silas has been questioned, and Silas led the Rockets' young roster for three seasons, with Jaylen Green, Kevin Porter Jr., Shen Kyung, Jabari Smith and Tari Eason among others, all improving with Silas' help. However, none of these young players on the Rockets can "rise to the top", that is, reach the All-Star level. Now Jaylen Green averages 22 points + 4 rebounds + 4 assists per game, although it is a bit at the level of an All-Star guard, but he shoots only 42% from the field, which is less efficient. Silas is "not prestigious", and this year's regular season, Kevin Porter Jr. clashed with the coaching staff over ball issues, and Silas was a little unable to calm these young people. So, the Rockets poached Uduka, with the goal of keeping a young roster in place while advancing youngsters like Jaylen Green, Shin Kyung and Jabari Smith to All-Star level.
As an example, make a side-by-side comparison. The Pistons have reached a new contract with Monty ($78.5 million for 6 years), the largest coaching contract in NBA history to date. Monty's new contract salary is as high as $13.1 million a year, and even Popovich's annual salary of $13 million is slightly lost to Monty's new contract with the Pistons. Cole's annual salary is only $9.5 million, and Spoh's annual salary is $8 million. The Rockets recently signed a coaching contract with Uduka for 4 years and $28 million with an annual salary of $7 million, and fans say that the Rockets' contract with Uduka is very cost-effective. Monty led the Suns to the Finals, and Uduka led the Greens to the Finals.
And, the latest report from the Celtics reporter said that three assistant coaches of the Green Army will leave the team and will follow Uduka to join the coaching staff of Rockets head coach Uduka. The three teaching assistants are: Ben Sullivan, Aaron Miles and Mike Moser. Fans said that it seems that Uduka did not treat his brothers around him in the Green Army before, and all of them followed him to join the Rockets coaching staff, and Uduka's influence is still relatively large. This time, the Rockets really won the bet, signed Uduka, and bought one get three free, and all 4 joined Houston. The Rockets are equivalent to bringing all the coaching team of the Green Army to the Finals.
The US media NBA reporter also reported that the negotiations between Jaylen Brown and the Green Army to extend his contract early did not progress, and the Green Army management was a little reluctant to give Jaylen Brown the maximum top salary. And Jaylen Brown's agency team is eager to get the maximum top salary, and at the same time, Jaylen Brown wants to be coached by Uduka (the two have a good personal relationship). Rockets fans ridiculed: Uduka recruited Jaylen Brown to the Rockets by the way, the first step in the Rockets' re-emergence is to recruit talents and call on talented people to join the Houston Rockets.
The Rockets' most perfect team building idea this summer offseason: sign back Harden, pursue Jaylen Brown through a sign-and-trade deal, and if they can become a Harden + Jaylen Brown combination, the Rockets will have a chance to re-enter the playoffs next season. Now the Rockets are interested in targeting players such as Lopez of the Bucks, Cameron Johnson of the Nets, Reeves of the Lakers, and so on. Next season, the Rockets should create a veteran + young roster, and Uduka will lead the Rockets to a comeback, looking forward to a hand in the Rockets management's strategy this summer offseason.