asked which team would have the strength to challenge the Los Angeles Lakers next season, NBA celebrity A-Smith publicly stated that it was the "team with the best shooting backcourt", although he didn't say it directly. , But we all understand that this team definitely refers to the Golden State Warriors. Even though the Rockets have super backcourt Harden + Westbrook, Westbrook's long-range shooting ability and even mid-range shooting ability are below the average level of league guards, and Harden's three-point shooting ability is not particularly top-notch. .
So this team is the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors intend to use the second pick to pick a center in the draft. Wiseman should be the Warriors’ favorite, and Wiseman has also publicly stated that he does not want to play for the Timberwolves who owns Downs because of him. There will be a conflict with Towns' position. He doesn't want to play as a substitute as soon as he enters the NBA. A No. 1 pick cannot accept this treatment.
If Wiseman can come to the Warriors, then Curry, Tom God, Wiggins, Green, plus Wiseman, if this lineup is completely healthy, it can directly challenge the hegemony of the Lakers, and immediately Back to the cluster of competing teams. But what about the Rockets? What happened to the Space City team that was able to compete with the top Warriors to the tiebreaker two years ago?
can only say that the Rockets’ current situation is not optimistic. The salary space is not enough to bring in new giants. Even Tucker, Jeff Green, and Rivers Jr. may not have room to retain them, and the Rockets management still has the intention of introducing new centers, which further explains the Rockets. There is no ability to compete with the championship teams. In fact, two years ago, the Rockets were still a top-notch team both inside and outside. Capella, Nene, Ryan Anderson and Tucker were on the inside, and Harden, Paul, Ariza, Gordon and Barmott on the outside. , Joe Johnson, Gerald Green, there is no such thing as "top-heavy" in position.
and now? The Rockets don't have a center at all, and there are a lot of guards. Unfortunately, in the playoffs, the guards who can really play a role are limited to Harden, Westbrook and Gordon. The guard line Rockets are the league's top level, but let's not talk about the level of the inside line. Looking at the Rockets lineup configuration, there is no traditional center at all. What "level" is there to talk about?
In one season, the Rockets lost Capella, Nene, and Haltenstein, and then Chandler became a free agent when his contract expired, losing the first three centers, making the Rockets proud The advantages of inside defense, inside movement and inside “pie eating” no longer exist.
Gordon said not long ago that next season he will re-improve the number of three-point shots and three-point shooting percentage, but we can only say that Gordon’s words reveal this helplessness-if the Rockets have Capella For such a center, Gordon does not have to deliberately increase the number of outside shots and shooting percentages. It is precisely because the Rockets do not have a center, all tactics can only be initiated and terminated by the back line. Apart from Harden and Westbrook, the Rockets can only Relying on Gordon's "third attack point" to force a three-pointer, because the Rockets had no better tactics last season. From this point of view, whether the Rockets can introduce a single-sided center during the offseason directly determines the quality of the Rockets' final record next season.
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