Beijing time on November 28, the NBA free agent market and trading market continued to open. After a few days of waiting, the Rockets finally completed a deal with the Knicks to sign for Rivers. Originally, according to previous news, multiple active NBA players were involved in this transaction, but from the final results, it seems that there is some deviation. The Rockets not only sent out Rivers, they also sent out many players. The signing rights include Sergio Ruhr, one of the main guards of the Spanish national team familiar to Rockets fans. Next, let’s take a look at the specifics of this deal.
First, Rivers and the Knicks reached a three-year $10 million contract. Only the first year of this contract is fully guaranteed. That is to say, the Knicks still want to ensure the salary space as much as possible. flexibility. In addition, the Rockets also gave out the signing rights of three players in this deal, including the 2008 rookies Sergio Ruhr, Tadiga Delangisevic and the 2005 second-round pick Alex. X-Hervel. To be honest, only Ruhr deserves our attention among the three players, and the other two players may not develop well even if they land in the NBA.
At the same time, the Rockets also got the right to sign a player in this deal, and he is the right to sign the 2018 second-round pick Isuf Sanon. Fans who may not pay much attention to the draft are still relatively new to this player, but in fact the potential of this player is very good. Sanon, born in 1999, is 21 years old and 1.93 meters tall. He is a point guard and comes from Ukraine. As a tall European point guard, Sanon has excellent basic skills. At the same time, he also has excellent physical fitness. This also made him attract the attention of NBA scouts in the 2017 U18 European Cup, and finally in 2018 He was successfully selected by the Wizards in the NBA Draft.
In that U18 European Cup, Sanon played very well. He averaged 19.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game. He is the absolute main force of Ukraine U18, and he can often contribute wonderful goals in the game. , Show your excellent physical fitness. However, after being selected by the NBA, he did not immediately come to the NBA to report, but chose to stay in Europe to improve. Compared to Ruhr, Sanon will definitely come to the NBA in the future. He himself expressed his willingness to play in the NBA after being selected, so we can also look forward to his future performance when he joins the Rockets.
I have to say that Stone did a good job this time. Although he has introduced a defender, this defender is at least a very young potential defender, which can be regarded as giving fans a vision for the future. It is worth mentioning that in this transaction, the Rockets also got a special transaction, which is very important for the subsequent signings of the Rockets. It seems that Stone is really going to sign a big deal. This five-person deal may be The preparations for the later signings may also be, let's look forward to the next operation of the Rockets management.