Although the Rockets' record has improved a lot this season, the discerning eye can see that the gap between them and the strong teams is too big, in the era of the league's pop stars, which team does not have 1-2 star players? The Clippers even have four star players. In today's league, stars are the guarantee of results and box office, and the more the better. On the other hand, the Rockets, not to mention the first-line stars, are not even second-rate. Such a team is destined to not be able to go far, because the core is not prominent, and no one can be relied on when it is necessary to solve problems at critical moments.
After three years of rotten, the Rockets have a good lineup, which can be said to be everything ready only to the east wind. This Dongfeng is the core of the team, whether it is Shen Jing or Green, they are not enough to play this role, they can at best play the role of the second leader, because their shortcomings are too obvious, and they can't be counted on at critical moments. The current Rocket Team is like a person who has a lot of gross tickets, as long as he is ruthless and changes it to the whole money, he can immediately become a rich man. However, this determination is not easy to make.
In the offseason, the Rockets need to face the contract extension of Green and Shin Jing, but the styles of the two are incompatible. The best way to do this is to use one of them plus the Nets' first-round pick, and the stud in exchange for a player who can really play the core. Of course, no one is willing to sell such a player easily. But it's not without good goals. For example, the Eagles' Dejounte Murray. Needless to say, this guy has scored at least 20 points and 10 assists in 11 games this season. In the game that was eliminated by the Heat, Dejounte Murray played 46 minutes, 11-of-21, 3-of-6 three-pointers, 5-of-6 free throws, and scored 30 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, shooting 52.4% from the field and 50% from three-point range. This Murray is also a proper core of the team, the only drawback is that he is a bit older, 28 years old, but I think it is worth trying.