Raphael Stone has been doing a very good job since raphael Stone took over as rocket general manager, signing free agent Wood for the rockets, who is playing at all-Star level. He also recruited the likes of Tate, Mason Jones and Sterling Brown, who often played their part in the game. On this basis, Raphael Stone is in desperate need of a strong deputy, and the position of deputy general manager of the Rockets is currently vacant, and the club is looking for talents.
According to the US media, the Rockets executives basically locked in four candidates for deputy managers, namely Kenny Smith, who helped the team win the championship trophy for two consecutive years in the mid-1990s, and Chuck Hayes, who joined the Rockets in 2006 as a lost draft, and the team's starting center at that time was Yao Ming. The third candidate was Travis Stockbridges, who was of course less well known. And the last strong contender, I'm afraid many Chinese fans will not be unfamiliar, he is Shaun Battier!
As an elite-level 3D player, Battier has a height of 2 meters 03 meters, excellent defensive ability, superb ball quotient, and great personality, making him a team-conscious, team-oriented green leaf, so many Chinese fans like this Yao Ming teammate very much.
Moreover, Battier's physical fitness is extremely strong, which is underestimated by many people, he is amazingly fast, can tirelessly run all over the field to dunk, it must be admitted that Battier is the "Yao Mai period" in addition to Yao Ming, Maddy, the rocket team's most stable player, but unfortunately Battier's offensive ability is insufficient, can not be the team's X factor for a long time.
Born in 1978, Battier, unconsciously this year will turn 43 years old, after retiring he gave more time to his family, he and his wife Heidi belong to the small green plum bamboo horse, on July 12, 2003, Battier and Heidi finally stepped into the palace of marriage, ending a 13-year love run, and now, this sweet couple also has two children, a family of four is very happy.
Battier remained with the NBA after leaving the game, after becoming the Heat's director of basketball development and analysis in 2017 and later promoted to vice president of basketball development and analysis. Today, Battier, who has some management experience, has become the biggest favorite for the rocket deputy manager, and his rich experience in data analysis can also help rocket general manager Stone better run the team.