The new crown epidemic is a "black swan event", so that the Rockets completely lost the capital to continue to strengthen and improve the strength of the team, but also let Harden begin to have the idea of leaving the team. What happened later we all saw, Westbrook was traded to the Wizards in exchange for Wall, and Harden joined the Nets in a three-way deal. The "Rocket Death Five" lineup that used to threaten the Peak Warriors has long been scattered among the league's teams, leaving only Gordon, the sixth man on the team. Perhaps out of affection, Gordon had developed feelings for Houston that he did not apply to leave the team.
After Jaylen Green's injury, it was followed by Porter Jr.'s absence due to injury, and Matthews and Gordon were forced to start. What is more surprising is that the Rockets actually played a wave of seven consecutive victories during this period, and their three-point projection ability was also raised to a new height, which is similar to the former "three-point team". We can't imagine that the Rockets relied on Gordon, a veteran player, plus a number of former draft failures, but played a record that surprised fans.
After that streak, the Rockets set sail again to take on the Hawks on the road. Throughout the game, the Rockets were in a state of trailing points for most of the time, looking like they had no intention of taking away the game. But the miracle still depends on people to dominate, the Rockets set off a wave of point chasing frenzy in the final quarter, Gordon led the team to play a single quarter of 44 points of offensive performance with an inexplicable three-point performance, in a section of time to make the Hawks' normal game efforts in vain, Trae Young's 41 points became a background board.
In this game, Gordon played 32 minutes, shooting 10 of 16, 5 of 8 from three-point range, 7 of 9 from the free throw line, contributing 32 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. Gordon was always able to use a breakthrough or three-point counterattack when the Eagles were about to take away a wave of game victory every time they started, once again proving that he was still the breakthrough hand and three-point king of the past, and also taught the team's young people a lesson with action. In particular, in the wave of counter-scoring in the final quarter, Gordon alone contributed two cold-blooded three-pointers, which could give opponents a hard blow at such a critical moment, crushing the morale of the Eagles, and also Trae Young understand that victory was not so casual to take away.
The offensive output of 32 points in the whole game allows us to see that the veteran's fuel tank is still full of stock, and it is a good piece of the puzzle for the championship-winning team. According to statistics, Gordon's three-point shooting rate so far this season is 44.7%, ranking seventh in the league, higher than Curry's three-point shooting rate. Perhaps as the fans have said, it is a pity that the Nets did not seize the opportunity to take Tucker last year, after all, these players are the tough players who can fight hard battles tested by the peak Warriors.
Now that the Rockets are on a rebuild, NBA journalist Michael Scotto recently interviewed a number of NBA executives and invited them to name the players who are most likely to be traded by each team. One executive said the Rockets would definitely try to trade Eric Gordon. Judging from the information that has long been concerned about the Rockets, only Jaylen Green is a non-seller of the team, and the rest of the players may be sent away.
In the wave of winning streaks played by the Rockets, Mr. Su Qun believes that the first credit for the round-faced Gordon is that he played the core defender, so that the rocket team, which was short of soldiers and very young, did not play randomly. I don't know if this wave of performance will cause the Rockets to send him away, such as going to the Nets for Irving.
According to earlier relevant reports, the Rockets have been looking for opportunities to exchange this veteran for some draft picks and other chips, after all, this season's goal is only to train troops, Gordon's contract also has more than two seasons, and by the time the Rockets have improved their combat strength and revived, Gordon's strength may have declined. Therefore, the moment can still play a brilliant performance, is the best time to trade Gordon. But so far, we haven't heard of any team and the Rockets about Gordon's deal, and even Su Qun's teacher is anxious for the Nets.
Miss Tucker, you can't miss Gordon anymore, Irving may be able to become a chip for trading Gordon, and the Rockets are not eager for him to contribute to the team, which is just in line with Irving's current needs. If the Nets can get Gordon, then the firepower on the offensive end will be upgraded to another level, which is a help that players like Joha can't provide, and there is no such shop in this village.