The Rocket roster has been confirmed with 16 people! Quarterback becomes the only shortcoming, Udoka: The goal is to finish in the top six in the West

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2024-06-29 12:13Creators in the field of sports

On June 29, Beijing time, the Rockets recently traded for forward AJ Griffin from the Hawks with this year's No. 44 pick, and it was reported that the Rockets also plan to keep Jeff Green, Landale, Tate and Holiday Four people, plus Shepard was selected with a probe pick, so that the Rockets roster has been determined 16 people, they are:

Point guards: VanVleet, Amen, Shepard, Holiday

Quarterbacks: Jalen Green, Williams (to be signed on two-way contract)

Nick Front: Dillon, Whitmore, Ethan, Tate, AJ Griffin

Ohmae: Jabari, Jeff Green

Centres: Shin Kyung, Landale, Adams

On the whole, the Rockets are undoubtedly a team of young people, there are not many veterans, and there must be shortcomings in the lineup, and it seems that only Jalen Green can be used by the quarterback, and Williams will sign a two-way contract, and there is a high probability that he will not be able to enter the rotation in the new season. Not surprisingly, there should be no big moves in the next part of the offseason, the lineup has basically been finalized, although Durant and the Rockets have had a scandal during this time, but Durant is obviously impossible to come, even if the Grim Reaper wants to apply for a trade, the Rockets are not a good choice. Looking back at last season, the Rockets' standard starting lineup was VanVleet + Green + Dillon + Jabari + Shin Kyung.

Later, Shen Jing was injured and fell, Jabari began to play the No. 5 position, Dillon No. 4 position, Amen was originally a backup point guard, but was placed in the starting No. 3 position, Amen's performance did not disappoint the Rockets, and he played many good performances after entering the starter, such as 18 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks against the Clippers in the final game of the regular season, 25 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists against the Thunder, 25 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists against the Wizards, 18 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists against the Jazz and so on. Amen is good at hitting the interior to score on the offensive end, or grabbing the frontcourt board to launch a secondary attack, and he is also very good defensively, and Rockets fans love him.

If he can practice his shooting, Amen may be the most promising player for the Rockets to become a superstar in the future, because unlike Shen Jing and Green, Amen is defensive, and his rebounding ability is also quite strong, and he is both offensive and defensive. But now there are new problems, there are too many people who can play in the Rockets point guard, there are VanVleet, Amen, Shepard and Holiday four, Shepard projection ability is top, the Rockets will definitely focus on training him, so that Amen and Shepard will compete for the bench position, if you want to solve this problem, then you can only let Dillon play the bench, Amen starts the No. 3 position, and the Rockets discharge the lineup of VanVleet + Green + Amen + Jabari + Shen Jing.

To sum up, it is necessary to let Dillon play as a substitute, firstly, he can let Amen enter the starter, and secondly, Dillon can play the No. 2 position and can be used as a substitute for Green, which just solves the Rockets' quarterback shortcomings, but I don't know if Dillon will agree to the bench, after all, he has been a starter last season. In addition, the biggest headache for the Rockets is Van Vleet, at that time it really shouldn't have been given a big contract, Van Jordan has limited ability, the offense is unstable, the defense is ten thousand stabs, and he can't bring the Rocket at all, can Udoka consider letting Van Jordan be a substitute? The most ideal starting lineup for the Rockets should be Amen + Green + Eason + Jabari + Shin Jing.

VanVleet's contract is too big to be traded, but it's entirely feasible to have him on the bench, depending on whether Udoka has the courage to do so. Jalen Green has a strong scoring ability, but he is unpredictable, and if he still doesn't improve much in the new season, then he will bring Whitmore up. Udoka was also interviewed recently, he said that he likes the current lineup of the Rockets, and the team's goal in the new season is to hit the top six in the West, which means to get a playoff spot directly.

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