After sending Harden away, the Houston Rockets management pressed the rebuild button, although bradley, Olynyk, Oladipo and other tough players came in the middle, but still could not change the reality of the team's lack of talent, and finally the Houston Rockets ended the regular season with the league's penultimate end.
The team's performance is not good, but it is not without gains, they have dug up Wood, Tate and Martin Jr. in the free market, the draft, and also used a second-round pick trade to kevin Porter; in this offseason, the Houston Rockets did not have much action, except for the introduction of Theis from the Bulls, that is, using the three first-round picks in the good hand, selecting Jaylen Green, Garupa and Christopher in one go, and exchanging the next two first-round picks for Turkish center ShenJing. After completing these operations, the rebuilding efforts of the Houston Rockets seem to have begun to bear fruit, and they have become a young force that the league cannot ignore.
But the ideal is often beautiful, the reality is undoubtedly cruel, since the start of the regular season, the Houston Rockets are still uncompetitive, only 1 win and 4 losses; in addition to defeating the Thunder, which has been determined to be "rotten", other opponents can easily crush them. As the team's general manager, Stone also knows that "Roma can't be built in a day", and he is still actively operating, hoping to improve the team's strength. According to famed NBA reporter Dave McMenamin, Stone is trying to make a big deal, and the Houston Rockets are still pursuing Simmons; except for Jaylen Green and Shin Kyung, everyone else has the potential to become a trading chip.
Last season, the Rockets were intent on getting Simmons when they were going to send Harden away. However, after Simmons fell out with the 76ers, the value of his deal has been greatly reduced. Now the philadelphia 76ers are in a very awkward situation, if you trade, send away Simmons will definitely lose money; if you don't trade, it doesn't make much sense to hold a person who is "in Cao Ying's heart in Han". If the rocket's chips are attractive enough, the transaction will most likely occur.
Despite Simmons' lack of shooting ability, the All-Star player can still score 14.3 points, 7.2 rebounds and 6.9 assists; compared to Kevin Porter, who only plays iron except for mistakes, Simmons's organizational ability is online, which can comb the Rockets' offense very well; and his defensive ability is good, and he can form a formidable backcourt combination with Jaylen Green.