On December 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season is still going on, and today's games are relatively small, so fans can focus on some of their favorite teams, and some of them may be more concerned about the Rockets against the Knicks. In the previous day's game, the Rockets lost to the Cavaliers on the road and missed two consecutive wins. And today they have to play back-to-back against the Knicks at home, and The Boat Andrton also made the Rockets players in no state, and finally lost to the Knicks by a big score.
In fact, this game the Knicks are also in a state of lack of major generals, their main rotation of Topping, Barrett, Grimes and Knox and other players are unable to play because of health and safety protocols, so today's Knicks are actually not their strongest lineup. But even in this case, they still beat the Rockets, the reason for which in addition to the stable play of Randall, Fournier and other players, there are also some Miracle performances that are also admirable, the most concerned may be the Knicks' second-round show McBride this year.
McBride played 35 minutes off the bench in this game, shooting 6-of-11 and 2-of-5 from three-point range, with 15 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals, while not making a single mistake. As the sixth pick in the second round of this year, McBride actually tried out the Rockets before the draft, when his performance with the Rockets was still very good, showing very good speed and excellent projection ability, but the Rockets may not have taken him down in the first round because of his relatively small stature and low potential. But there were also some rumors at the time that the Rockets intended to buy a second-round pick to take him, and it didn't take shape.
And now there are rumors that the Knicks are interested in taking Gordon, so it's hard not to remind people of the Rockets' previous goals, especially in today's game when McBride played so well against the Rockets. According to current sources, the Knicks are definitely hoping to win Gordon, and the Rockets are hoping to be able to switch to McBride. But McBride is a second-round show after all, so his salary is difficult to match Gordon's, and a single change is impossible. And the best way for the Rockets to win McBride is actually to eat the contract between Kemba Walker and 2.01-meter-tall forward Knox, which actually doesn't matter, because Knox is a contract year, Walker is only DNP by Thibodeau, maybe the Rockets still have some value, it depends on the negotiations between the two sides, and I hope to have a good result before the deal deadline.