The Rockets lost to the Lone Rangers by 10 points on the road, and then the Rockets' regular season opponents will become stronger and stronger, and the Jazz, Lakers, Nuggets, Warriors and other strong teams will let the Rockets continue to taste the taste of failure? This is highly likely. In fact, this season fans have no hope for the Rockets, as Rockets fans, the most hope is that the 4 rookie players can have a good personal performance.
Jaylen Green scored 30 points in only one of his four games, and scored 9 or 10 points in the remaining three games, which did not reflect the feeling of the cornerstone of the future. Shin Kyung is stable, but has too few playing time and shots. Garupa and Christopher are capable, but the Rockets don't have their playing time at this stage. Compared to last season, the Rockets now have a stable starting and rotating lineup, which is a huge improvement compared to last season.
Last season, the Rockets finished at the bottom of the league because too many players were absent due to injury, the Rockets used 43 starting lineups, and even in the final game against the Hawks, the Rockets lined up a new starting lineup: Augustine, Lamb, Tate, Martin Jr. and Olynic. It's not that Silas likes to use different lineups, it's that the Rockets are missing too many players that Silas had to do.
After losing to the Lone Rangers, Silas also mentioned the stability of the Lone Rangers' lineup. Silas said everything has changed in 3 years, but the Lone Rangers' starting lineup is very stable. Last season, the Rockets set a record for the most starting lineups in a single season (43 sets), but the Lone Rangers' roster was particularly stable, and they have been using the same lineup for years.
Although it is not explicit, Silas, who was an assistant coach in the Lone Rangers at that time, has always been particularly envious of the Lone Rangers' stable starting lineup. Doncic, Porzingis, Hardaway Jr., Smith and Powell are the Lone Rangers' most consistent starting 5 Tigers in recent seasons, and even if they are on the bench, the Lone Rangers have not changed much. Although the Lone Rangers are slightly inferior to the first-class teams in terms of lineup, the stability of their lineup is still first-class in the league.
The Rockets seem to lack such stability. Silas said this, not only envying the Lone Rangers' lineup construction, but also hinting at the Rockets' poor lineup. After all, the Rockets missed too many players last season due to injury, and Silas seems to think that the Rockets' poor performance is directly related to this. What about the new season? Although the Rockets are neatly organized, the starting lineup has changed a few people - Wall is not playing, Olynyk is gone, Gordon and House are back on the bench, and the starting lineup is replaced by Porter Jr., Jaylen Green and Theis, which is why the Rockets have been losing recently.
To put it bluntly, Silas seems to be secretly defending his poor team record: not because of his own strength, but because the Rockets lineup is not strong, and the starting lineup and rotation lineup are too unstable, which led to such an ending. Last season's Rockets' 43 starting lineups are the strongest proof of that. But then again, it's true that the Rockets lineup isn't strong enough and stable enough, but are some of Silas's tactical arrangements and ways of employing people also debatable? The overall downturn on the Rockets is due to many reasons, Silas still does not have his own distinct tactical style, nor has he been able to prove his superiority in the game, it seems that he also needs to reflect on it.