Refusing to create a superstar? Rockets Stone shows off, insisting on team basketball, coincides with Uduka

A very rare situation has happened this season: Although the Rockets ranked second in the Western Conference regular season, no player on this powerful team has been able to make the best team this season. There are three sets of the All-A-Level Team this season. The Rockets have no players selected for even the All-A-Level Team of the NBA. The most likely to enter the All-A-Level Team is their star center Alperon Shin Kyung.

But at the last moment, Shin Kyung was overtaken by Harden of the Clippers and was unfortunately defeated. This is a big blow to the Rockets, and it also indirectly proves that the Rockets lack superstars with outstanding data, even All-Star players. Shin Kyung is certainly the only All-Star of the Rockets, but his data is also lacking - 19 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists in the regular season, which looks pretty good. Although the playoff data has improved, the Rockets have not entered the second round. Shin Kyung is indeed an excellent player, but he is still far from being a superstar.

Therefore, the Rockets were able to use their team advantages to make the most of the regular season and defeated many strong teams, but when they met the Golden State Warriors, they still lost in 7 games in the playoffs. After all, the Rockets lack players who can solve key problems on the offensive end, so many experts suggest that the Rockets should chase a star with scoring ability.

However, Rockets general manager Raphael Stone has repeatedly emphasized that although the Rockets have the idea of ​​chasing superstars, they are more willing to give young players more opportunities to grow than maintaining the continuity of the lineup. This is very subtle. Manager Stone's meaning is roughly: The Rockets are indeed capable of getting superstars, and they also have many bargaining chips to chase superstars, but they want to give young players a chance and will not rashly introduce a superstar to disrupt the already excellent chemistry this season.

In a recent interview, Manager Stone also showed up directly: "If the team builds offensive tactics around a player, then the player will get a lot of scoring opportunities and give a lot of assists, but this is not what coach Uduka wants. The Rockets now focus on the entire team, which does not mean that they will not trade talented players, but the players on the Rockets are talented and they are constantly improving." Manager Stone's meaning is very clear: if the offensive resources are concentrated on one player, the player can also shine beautiful data. The Rockets management also gave an example before: as long as Shepard starts and gets more playing time, he will not only become the rookie of the season, but also average 20 points per game. After all, in Shepard's starting game this season, he can average 19 points per game.

The Rockets do not want to deliberately create a superstar, nor will they focus their offensive resources on one player. Because if the player is defensive, the Rockets will be more difficult to solve the problem on the offensive end. It seems like the better choice to make more shots as you feel, which at least ensures the stability of the regular season record.

As for the playoffs, it depends on whether these players can grow into offensive superstars before considering them. The Rockets want to stick to team basketball tactics and will not pile up data to create so-called superstars, because that will affect the performance and tactical system. Stone also said that Uduka thought so, so the Rockets insisted on the tactical style of team basketball, and manager Stone and Uduka obviously coincided with it.