December 1, Beijing time, entering December, all NBA teams, including the Rockets, have begun to get nervous, because after more than 20 days, the teams will start their first game of the regular season. Prior to this, there are still a series of training camps and pre-season games to be carried out. Each team also needs to complete the reorganization of the run-in. After all, the lineup is adjusted and the players are run-in to get good results in the new season. .
The goal of the Rockets is obviously the championship. Don’t look at the strength of the Rockets’ lineup as the Lakers, Clippers, and Bucks. But to be honest, the Rockets’ lineup basically has no shortcomings. There are guard lines. Den, Westbrook, and Gordon are the three giants. There are also House and Tucker on the front line. Wood + Cousins on the inside line can be called first-class. Many potential newcomers have joined. The veteran Gerald Green's minimum salary will make the Rockets' The lineup is flexible, with experienced veterans and energetic young people.
Let’s look at the Rockets’ 4 good news today. First of all, the Rockets signed a one-year non-guaranteed minimum salary contract with veteran Gerald Green. The 34-year-old shooter returned to the Rockets once again. A Houston native, Gerald Green has been playing for the Rockets for the first three seasons. He was only reimbursed for the season after being injured last season. He was traded to the Nuggets and waived by the Rockets. Now Green once again joined forces with Harden. Although we have not been able to know how the state is, we believe that the Rockets are well prepared. Harden also trained with Green not long ago. I believe that the Rockets know that Green is in good shape now, so he chose to sign with Green again.
In addition to Green, the Rockets also signed a four-year rookie contract with Kenyon Martin, the No. 52 rookie this year. The first year contract is fully guaranteed, the remaining 3 years are non-guaranteed contracts, and the 4-year contract is shot. It can be seen that the Rockets are still optimistic about Martin Jr. In addition to the two signings, the second good news for the Rockets is that the team lineup is already full. Let's take a look at the Rockets' overall lineup, Harden, Westbrook, Gordon, Tucker, House, McClemo , Clemmons, Nouaba, Capoclo, and Gerald Green are the top 10 Titans last season.
Wood, Cousins, Sterling Brown, Tate, and Martin Jr. are new Rockets players with official contracts, while Wu Teng and Mason Jones are Rockets new players with two-way contracts. So far, The Rockets' 17-man lineup has been officially formed, but it is not ruled out that the Rockets will also make lineup adjustments before and after the preseason and the start of the new season, but generally the Rockets lineup will not change much.
The third news is related to the coaching staff. After Silas took office, the Rockets also found a number of assistants for him. In addition to John Lucas, former Suns coach Hornacek and former Mavericks Center Diop, former Sydney Kings coach Weaver, and Higgins, who played for the Magic for two years, also formed the Rockets' six-man coaching team with Silas. In this way, the Rockets not only completed the formation of the 17-man lineup, but also completed the reorganization of the 6-man coaching staff.
The fourth good news is related to the Rockets’ new jerseys. Next season, the Rockets’ three sets of jerseys will still be white at home, red at home, and black at away, but today there is news that the Rockets’ "City Edition" jersey has also appeared. This time, unlike the previous white city version jerseys, the new jersey uses blue as the main color.
In order to emphasize the characteristics of Houston's "Space City" and "space", although the Rockets will wear this blue jersey to play games next season, it is a bit weird, but this is also a breakthrough in the design of the Rockets jersey. After all, the Rockets have The team's red and white jerseys have made people aesthetically tired, and changing to a new blue jersey is also an innovation.
