The NBA Houston Rockets have been rotten for three consecutive seasons, respectively getting second to fourth draft picks, and the continuous rotten team league is suppressing, and fans will not support the team, so the Rockets redefined the team's goal in the new season, that is, to reach the playoffs.
Since signing head coach Uduka this summer, the Houston Rockets have been active in draft and trades, signing Grizzlies Dillon Brooks, Toronto Raptors veteran guard Fred VanVleet and Phoenix Suns young center Jock Randall.
The rocket harvest is average, sending 5 rounds in a row, paying a heavy price
The latest news of the Rockets' trade, the team signed Holladay Jr., plus VanVleet, Dillon Brooks, Randale, Jeff Green, and rookies Amen Thompson and Whitmore, the Rockets have a total of 7 new signings.
Although there are a lot of people, it is difficult to convince fans of the strength of new signings, VanVleet and Dillon Brooks are the strongest players, but the overall efficiency of the two is not high, the shooting percentage is less than 40%, and other players may be players at the end of the rotation.
It is worth mentioning that in the Rockets trade Brooks with the Grizzlies, in addition to sending away Christopher, they also sent 5 second-round picks, 1 second-round pick to the Nets, and the first 55 picks were protected; 2 secondary rounds for the eagle, unprotected; Sent to the Thunder 2 secondary rounds, unprotected.
Such a trade is indeed difficult for fans to understand, sending potential players and making up for the draft pick as compensation, how many draft picks are not enough for Hoho?
So eager to achieve quick results, 3 first-round rookies were given away for nothing, remember the young man who bought out the franchise out of his own pocket?
To make room for these newcomers, as well as recently drafted 2023 first-round rookies Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore, the Houston Rockets had to do a personnel cleanup, sending away Christopher and trading with the Atlanta Hawks to send away third-year forward Usman Garuba and second-year guard Ty Washington. Swapped back the signing rights of a first-round end player, infinitely close to giving away two first-round picks for nothing.
Among them, Taitai Washington is the 29th rookie in the first round in 2021, Garuba is the 23rd rookie in the first round in 2020, and Christopher is the 24th rookie in the first round in 2020.
It is worth mentioning that Garuba is a Spanish potential young player, before entering the NBA was a member of the Spanish Real Madrid team, after the 2020 draft in order to join the Rockets, he bought out the contract with Real Madrid out of his own pocket, did not get a good opportunity to perform in the Rockets, and now he is sent away by the Rockets for nothing, and the act of buying out the contract is really not worth it!
