Judging from the current player structure and comprehensive capabilities of the Houston Rockets, the Rockets' competitiveness in the league should still be very limited in the new season. The team should continue to hover at the bottom. They will also continue to be one of the hottest contenders for the No. 1 pick in the new season. According to the current draft situation, if the Rockets are really lucky enough to win the No. 1 pick in the draft next summer (of course, and the Nets may be lucky enough to win the No. 1 pick), they will most likely use this pick to select Victor, a young inside player from France. Wembanyama), because he is almost the undisputed number one candidate at this stage. His talent, potential and physical conditions are so shocking. He is a rare talented inside player, and his conditions in all aspects are of historical level.

But the problem is that once the Rockets choose Wenbanyama, it means that Wenbanyama will become the team's starting center in the 2023-24 season. In this case, the Rockets' starting center in the new season, newcomer Alperen Sengun (Alperen Sengun) from Turkey, may have to accept the arrangement of returning to the bench again. For Shen Jing, who is in the period of rising goals, such an arrangement is obviously not beneficial to his growth and development at all, and he himself should not accept such an arrangement from the team.

There is no doubt that Bunyama's talent is of historical level, but his immediate combat ability and maturity are somewhat questionable. No one knows how high he can reach, and no one knows how long it will take for him to realize his talent. In contrast, although Shen Jing is far inferior to Bunyama in terms of physical fitness, his other golf intelligence, skills and game sense are all at the top level in the Rockets lineup.

Last season, Shen Jing represented the Rockets in a total of 72 appearances in the NBA regular season. In an average of 20.7 minutes per game, he averaged 9.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.9 blocks, shooting 47.4% from the field, 24.8% from three-point range, and 71.1% from free throws. With very limited playing time and ball rights, Shen Jing has shown considerable strength. He has proven that he is fully capable of becoming an NBA starting-level center.

In other words, once the No. 1 pick is drawn, the Rockets may be forced to send Shen Jing away? Is this really a good result for the Rockets? Or does such reinforcement really make sense?
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