Half a month after the draft, the NBA Summer League has arrived as scheduled. Rockets will play 5 times in the summer league. The four opponents are Magic , Thunder , Spurs and Trail Blazers. There will be one game after that. If the Rockets are the two teams with the best record, If the Rockets fail to enter the finals, they will have another game with an opponent to be determined.
In other words, the Rockets players will play at least 5 games. So now there is only one day left before the summer league of the new season. Has the Rockets' summer league lineup been determined? The answer is yes. Now the Rockets have initially determined their player lineup. A total of 14 players will play for the Rockets, including star players such as Christopher, Garuba, Jabari Smith, and Ethan.
So what is the Rockets’ final roster? The Rockets also gave a preliminary list. It is worth noting that there are as many as 8 defenders in the 14-man roster this time. Among the remaining 6 players, two players (Garuba, Ali Chris Holman) can serve as a power forward/center, and the other four players are all forwards. But Garuba and Holman's first position is still power forward.
To put it simply, the Rockets brought 8 guards and 6 forwards to play this time. There are no traditional center players among these players. In other words, the Rockets are likely to use a "small lineup" this time to deal with these five summer league games. Garuba or Jabari Smith may serve as a guest starting center, while Ethan may become the Rockets' main power forward. Of course, everything depends on Higgins' tactical plan at home.
In fact, there have been reports that Shen Jing may rush back to Houston to play for the Rockets in the summer league after participating in the Turkish national team's World Cup preliminaries. But the current situation is that Shen Jing has returned to Houston, but the Rockets' summer league roster does not include the 20-year-old European tower. Therefore, Shen Jing may follow the Rockets to Las Vegas, the venue of the Summer League, but he may not play on behalf of the Houston Rockets.
This is also normal. As a rookie, Shen Jing already participated in the summer league for the Rockets last summer, and in the game, especially against the Cavaliers , his performance was even better than that of the third overall pick Evan Mobb. is even better. During this summer's offseason, the Rockets sent away Wood, and Shen Jing will be the Rockets' first choice as the main center next season.
As the core of the Rockets, Shen Jing will naturally not play in such a low-level summer league again. After all, the Rockets' main players, except for Jabari Smith, who is a rookie and will participate in the summer league, such as Gordon, Neither Porter Jr. nor Jaylen Green will play in the summer league.
Therefore, Shen Jing will not appear in the summer league, which also highlights his identity as the core inside player of the Rockets. Look, apart from a few rookie players, the Rockets are composed of some unknown undrafted rookies and young players from last season.
Finally, here is the 14-man Rockets Summer League player list:
There are 8 guards: Christopher, Daisy Nix, Taytay Washington, Jordan Allen, Elon Gordon, Carl Perry, Tower Monan-Jo, Huggins.
Six forwards: Jabari Smith, Ethan, Anthony Lamb, Garuba, Holman, Trihae Mitchell.
