The Rockets also had a lot of gains in the offseason, and they gained a lot in the draft. Talented newcomers such as Jaylen Green and Sagu were selected.
The Rockets are likely to be rotten next season, and the team's primary goal is to develop new players, which will give young players such as Green and Little Port Sagu a lot of playing time and game opportunities.
Recently, the Rockets have made new moves. They cut Matthew Hurt and freed up a two-way contract for follow-up operations.
Who is Matthew Hurt? Maybe some fans are not familiar with him, and today I will introduce it to the brothers.
Matthew Hurt graduated from the basketball school Duke, with a height of 2 meters 07 meters and a weight of 106 kg. Plays as a striker. His strength is that he is good at projection and can pull away space. In the 2020-21 season, he averaged 18.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, shooting 55.6% from the field and 44.4% from three-point range. With his good personal performance, he has attracted the attention of many NBA scouts. The Lakers also tried him out.
But in the draft, Matthew Hurt was left unattended and lost the draft. The Rockets later gave him a chance to recruit him.
So why did Matthew Hurt, who had good data in college, fall to the point where no one cared? Now that he has been abandoned by rockets, what is the reason?
A big reason is that Hurt's defense is not good. He was moving slowly, not fast enough. It is easy to be targeted by opponents on the defensive end. His physical fitness is also very average, he can't run fast and can't jump high.
As a newcomer, to gain a foothold on an NBA team, you either have to have top talent, like Jaylen Green. Or you have to have a good defense and be able to do dirty work.
And these two points are not Hurt's advantages. In the summer league, his performance also did not meet the team's expectations, with 2.2 points and 1.8 rebounds, and did not play his own characteristics. So it's no surprise that he's now cut by the Rockets.