In fact, most of the fans who care about the Rockets have become their fans because Yao Ming joined in 2002, the Rockets have tossed for so many years, not to mention that the championship has not been won, that is, the Western Conference Finals have only played for one year, although in these years they have introduced Yao Ming, Maddy, such a good player as Golan Dragic, Kyle Lowry, Scola, but there are also eye-catching times, the following is a list of the team's 5 worst reinforcements since 2000!
Spanolis
As an iconic figure of the Greek national team, he is also a player who can be on a par with international stars such as Manu Ginobili and Paul Gasol, and has played well on the European team and the international arena, and is known as the "European Kobe" by fans! It can be seen that the ability is by no means ordinary, and after becoming famous in the international arena, he joined the Rockets. But for him, who is excellent in attack and full of creativity, Jeff Van Gundy is not welcome to him, after all, the coaching philosophy of The Younger Van Gundy is to defend the championship, and finally returned to Europe with hatred after a year on the bench for the Rockets!
Eddie Griffin
As a popular candidate in the 2001 draft, he was selected by the Rockets because of his attitude and was selected for the seventh place. At that time, the Rockets could be said to have coveted him for a long time, replacing him with the current 3 draft picks, including Richard Jefferson of the "Nets Trident". However, after coming to the Rockets, the personal performance did not meet the expectations of the Rockets, averaging only 8 +6 per game, the performance was difficult to match their talents, and later due to alcohol problems, and missed the team training and team flights, they were removed from the Rockets!
Ty-Lawson
In the 12-13 season, as the core of the Nuggets' backcourt, he performed extremely well, averaging 17.6 points, 8.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game in the 13-14 season, fully growing into an All-Star level player. However, due to alcoholism, he was abandoned by the team. In order to impact the Finals, the Rockets formed a big three by Harden, Howard and Ty lawson, but they backfired, Ty Lawson came to the Rockets after averaging only 5.8 points and 3.4 assists, in order not to affect the atmosphere of the team, the Rockets and Ty Lawson reached a buyout agreement, and finally the Rockets championship dream was shattered!
Maurice Taylor
At that time, in order to strengthen the forward, the Rockets signed Morris Taylor, who performed well in the Clippers, on a large contract, in the final season of the Clippers, Averaging 17.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, it is very likely to grow into the core of the team, but after coming to the Rockets, personal performance is difficult to meet the requirements of the coach, averaging only 28.6 minutes per game, playing time is 7.4 minutes less than in the Clippers, and the score is also reduced to 13 points, and then put on the bench position, the performance is even more sluggish, in the rocket's last season, the average of 7.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game role players, far from the idea at the time!
Stromaier-Swift
He was the Rockets' worst signing since the new century, and when he was with the Grizzlies, he had no room to play due to his long-term role as a substitute for Paul Gasol, and later, after the rookie contract ended, the Rockets handed him a contract in the hope of cashing in on his talent, but after coming to the Rockets, he was still just a reckless man, averaging 0.8 blocks per game, but he had to pay the price of an average of 3 fouls per game. And the performance is not much better than in the Grizzlies, with only 8.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in the account. Under the pressure of the team's continuous losses, the team had to trade him to his old club in exchange for Shaun Battier, who had the offensive and defensive skills. Since then, The Rockets are back on track! And Swift? In 2009, he came to the CBA to pan for gold, joined Shandong Gold, and became the biggest foreign aid in the history of the Shandong team at that time!