The Rockets roster is only 12 people, according to the rules of the league to playoffs, before March 1 must expand the lineup to 14 people can increase the playoffs, the Rockets are currently ranked fifth in the West, they enter the playoffs is beyond doubt, but how to expand the 12-man roster to 14 This is a problem, the league's multiple teams signed multiple players in order to reinforce, the Thunder were on the same 12-man list as the Rockets before February 15, But they signed Richard Solomon and defenders Scotty Hopson and Marquis Morris, the big list is immediately 15, as long as Solomon and Hopson perform well, Pretis will turn their ten-day short contract, so what should Morey do?
The Rockets had a good leak before the trade deadline, picking up Austin Rivers and Kenneth Faried, but after the trade deadline, the Rockets tried to sign outer players but failed one after another, and the Rockets' 4 intentional people were all robbed. Markiff Morris joins the Thunder, Wayne Ellington joins the Pistons, Wesley Matthews joins the Pacers, Ines Kanter joins the Blazers, Morris and Kanter join the Western Conference, and are likely to be the Rockets' playoff rivals, so Morey's focus on buying out the market is a failure, so should he still focus on picking up leaks?
In fact, there are no players worth picking up in the buyout market, good free agents have been signed, and the Thunder's signing of Hopson and Solomon, who developed the league team, is the best example. Now in the free market, Monroe, Ben McLemore, Randolph and the like can not help the Rockets, so Morey should be another way to strengthen, focusing on the development of the league may be a good choice, the 13th man list should be Danuel House, he is known as Harden's perfect match, D'Antoni has always loved him, but he talked to the Rockets about the continuation of the problem at the same time, and finally returned to the development league.
Danuel House has averaged 9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1 assist, 0.6 steals, 0.4 blocks in 25 games this season, shooting 45.8 percent from the field, 39 percent from three-point range, averaging 1.6 three-pointers per game, doing well, his first 12 games the Rockets are 9-3, and he is currently playing in the Development League on a two-way contract, and Morey can win the 13th man as long as he converts his contract to a formal contract by March 1. There is still 1 person on the roster, Morey can consider Beasley, or any one of the Rockets' teams, and the 14th person is actually not important at all, because the Rockets' 13-man roster is enough to play in the playoffs, the reason is simple that D'Antoni plays an 8-9 rotation.
In fact, the Rockets can finally play in the playoffs up to 13 people, and even D'Antoni only uses 12 people, in addition to the injury factor can be more than the rotation, D'Antoni is the main manager of the 9-man rotation, in the absence of injuries, the 9-man rotation is basically: Harden, Gordon, Paul, Rivers, Gerald Green, Tucker, Capela, Faried, Danuel House, if the injury factor Gary Clark, Nene, Shumpert have the hope of entering the rotation, It is worth mentioning that Haltenstein has been getting better and better in the development league this season, averaging 19+14 per game, shooting 63%, and also performed well against the Lone Ranger in the first game recalled by D'Antoni, he is also a rotational reserve, so the Rockets' 14th man is not important at all.
Danuel House and Haltenstein are strong reinforcements in the team, House can become the Rockets' 13th man, Hallenstein can be an alternative candidate to enter the rotation, D'Antoni originally only played 8-9 rotation, even if Morey missed two bought-out free agents, they had no chance to appear in the playoffs, so in the end the Rockets entered the playoffs of the big list of 13 + any 1 has no impact on hard power, Morey no longer needs to focus on buying out the market.
Text/Yan Xiaobai