As we all know, former Rockets player Gerald Green has officially retired, but he was hired by the Rockets immediately after retiring. According to previous sources, Gerald Green will become the Rockets' player development coach, and now he has taken up his post. In the recent rockets training ground, we can often see gerald Green figure, it seems that the rocket team urgently needs Gerald Green to guide the three-point shooting ability of the current players on the team, after all, the 19-year-old Jaylen Green needs a veteran with excellent three-point shooting rate, Gerald Green is the person the Rockets need the most.
Speaking of Gerald Green, I have to talk about the peak Rockets in 2017-2018. That season, the Rockets not only had star combinations like Harden, Paul, and Capela, but also forward players like Ariza, Bamot and Tucker, and even tough guys like Nene and Black on the inside. That year, the Rockets also had three-point shooters such as Gerald Green and Ryan Anderson on the bench that year, and their presence was also a guarantee for the Rockets to win the regular season championship.
The Rockets are long gone, but the Rockets players still have deep feelings for Houston. Green returned to Houston to begin his coaching career, while 33-year-old shooter Ryan Anderson also returned to Houston and appeared on the Rockets' training ground to mingle with the players. It's worth noting that Ryan Anderson was wearing the Rockets' traditional red training suit and standing with the players without knowing what to say.
Two former teammates of Ryan Anderson, Gordon and Gerald Green, are also by his side, which is also the reunion of the Rockets' three veterans in Space City. Although it is only more than 3 years before 2018, the Rockets are basically like a different team - Harden, Paul, Capela, Ariza, Bamot and other players transferred, retired retirement, the only Rockets veteran player currently in Houston is only 32-year-old Gordon.
The reappearance of Gordon, Gerald Green and Ryan Anderson in the Rockets arena we know best is a dream back three years. If Paul hadn't injured his hamstring in the playoffs three years ago, the Rockets might have been a championship by now. If the Rockets had won the championship at that time, Paul would not have been traded by the Rockets, and Harden had a championship ring in his hand and would not have taken the initiative to ask for a transfer to the Nets.
More likely, Harden will accept the Rockets' 50 million annual salary extension contract and stay in Space City, continuing to work with Players such as Paul and Capela to compete for the championship. But the truth is that since the Rockets failed to win the championship that year, the team has completely disintegrated after a two-year transition period.
Today, the Rockets' ace players are Jaylen Green, Wood and Porter Jr., and the Rockets have become one of the weakest teams in the West and the league, and it will take at least 3-4 years to return to the top. But to see Anderson, Green and Gordon reunite again on the Rockets training ground is rare and nostalgic.