When the playoffs officially begin, the league will not award the major awards, but the players who can be elected are still very few after all. There are 30 teams across the league, and it's clear that many players have become key players in the team through their performances.
As a basketball expert, Grant Hughes wrote a long article, and he also selected the list of players in the Houston Rockets who should win major awards this season. Among them, Fred VanVleet, the main point guard of the Rockets, is considered the best player on the team, and Jalen Green and Alperen Shenjing, two young cores, are also on the list.
Although they didn't make the playoffs, the Rockets were basically at the bottom of the league for the first three years, so they have improved a lot this season. And one of the key factors is the arrival of Fred VanVleet, who averaged 16.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game this season, leading the team in many statistics. And the arrival of Fred VanVleet has helped Jalen Green and other young players grow very well, fully playing the role of a mentor and a high-quality mentor. Even Fred VanVleet's true shooting percentage and turnover-control is better than he did when he was selected as an All-Star two years ago, such as tenacity, tenacious defense, and encouragement and guidance for young players, which is an intangible asset, and considering the lack of consistency of other young players, it is not too much of a problem to say that Fred VanVleet is the MVP of the Rockets this season.
Jalen Green was named the king of the Rockets' crunch moments, especially in March, when Jalen Green led the Rockets to a big comeback, averaging 27.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, and the Rockets once won 13 of 15 games. Although the sample size is a bit small, and the Rockets' opponents were weak during that time, at least Jalen Green had a recovery momentum, which gave the Rockets more reason to be patient and treat him as a core for long-term development.
If Jalen Green looks at the stats and is not much different from the previous two years, then Alperen Shenjing is named the Rockets' most improved player. Even before his injury absence, Alperen Shenjing may have been the best player on the Rockets, averaging 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 5 assists per game, which can be called the core of the Rockets' positional battle. While Alperen Shenjing has a big problem on the defensive end and needs to improve his shortcomings of turnovers and inconsistent outside shooting, his improvement is obvious to all.