Rockets general manager Rafael Stone has recently made it clear that the Rockets will not recruit for the time being, nor will there be any trade movements, after all, the season has just started more than a month, the Rockets still have time to run in the lineup, the introduction of aid is necessary, but not now.
At present, the Rockets have been in the winning mode, although just experienced an embarrassing three-game losing streak, but the Rockets now win rate is still more than 50%, and ranked 9th in the West, which is acceptable for the Rockets who want to enter the playoffs, after all, the top 10 in the West, have the opportunity to participate in the playoffs, but if the Rockets are the ninth in the West, They still have to qualify for the playoffs.
The introduction of new players to strengthen the lineup, which is certainly an important means for the Rockets to become stronger and better, but the Rockets themselves do not have too many chips, each of the future first-round picks is very valuable, several of the Rockets when playing the core and are not for sale, even if it is a player like Jaylen Green, the Rockets will not easily trade him away. Unless we can get a star player of his caliber.
Then develop the internal potential of the Rockets, may be the best choice, in fact, the Rockets sent to the development league several young players, is the Rockets worthy of reuse object, especially the 19-year-old rookie forward Whitmore, is the Rockets this season unexpected joy. This season, the Rockets picked up Whitmore with the 20th pick, originally Whitmore's expected pick should be in the top 10 of the first round, but in the end, no team chose Whitmore, until the 20th pick was picked by the Rockets.
At present, Whitmore is playing for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the Development League, and according to statistics, Whitmore can contribute 26.8 points per game this season, ranking first in the Development League scoring list. In addition, Whitmore also averages 6.6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, and the three-point shooting rate is as high as 49.4%, 39.8% and 81.3%. It can be said that Whitmore is a real super scorer, of course, only in the development league. But Coach Uduka didn't give Whitmore much playing time in the nba regular season.
It's entirely possible that the D-League's leading scorer could be a major rotation in the Rockets' lineup if given the opportunity. It can be seen that the Rockets' patience with Jaylen Green is limited, if Jaylen Green's offensive performance is still so lukewarm and disappointing, then sorry, Whitmore urgently needs to play time to show himself, Whitmore replaces Jaylen Green, perhaps it is a matter of time.
