Rockets two years three times to pick up the leak, give 2 first round also do not change

As we all know, the Raptors have an enviable front-line group, such as Siam, Announce, Blucher, Trent Jr., and last season's best rookie, Barnes, who are all tall, long, and explosive quality forwards. Rockets head coach Silas has publicly envied that the Raptors can have such generous front-line resources, many Rockets fans in the off-season also thought about the option of trading Announce over. However, the Rockets also became the envy of other teams after this summer's draft, they "accidentally" selected Barbaric Smith and Ethan, and these two young men have the physical talent also ranked at the forefront of this year's rookies.

In the last two seasons, the Rockets can be said to have stolen the Warriors, Spurs "pickup king" title, they completed three pickups, and successively selected Aruba, Barbaric Smith, and Ethan. Among them, the Rockets selected Aruba more dramatic, because Aruba did not have time to participate in the trial last year, so some team executives dare not take the risk, he also fell from the lottery directly to the first round of the 23rd pick, Stone did not hesitate to bring it to Houston. And Smith in the pre-draft prediction of the first prize did not think that the Magic Thunder did not pick him, Stone again pick up the leak; and Ethan also fell from the lottery to the 17th, Stone's third pick up. And what kind of level did these players play in the preseason?

In the preseason game against the Spurs, Smith, Aruba, and Son all played quite satisfactorily. Smith showed his defensive ability in the summer league and showed off his strongest offensive weapon, the three-point shot, in the preseason. After the game, Shin Yukking, known as the "Turkish Joking," praised his inside partner Smith, who he believes is the best of this year's rookies. As a twin-tower team, Shin Yukking and Smith played a lot of great games together and showed high ball skills, so we can't help but look forward to their performance in the regular season.

Ethan also showed his talent in the game, cutting 21 points, 10 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals, shooting 9 of 13 from the field, plus/minus +14, and also grabbed 6 front-court rebounds, cutting 45 points and 18 rebounds in the two preseason games, shooting 61.3% from the field and 50% from three, very good on both sides of the offense and defense. And Ethan has gotten a new nickname, Houston Roman

However, Aruba is not getting much status as well as playing time in the Rockets, and his performance is not great. In the game against the Spurs, he only took 1 shot and didn't score in 13 minutes, but grabbed 7 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 blocks, with a plus/minus of +11. Aruba's defensive awareness is good, whether it's switching or single defense and his sense of position are also very good, he will constantly go to interfere with opponents and stop them from scoring. However, Aruba's problems are also obvious, the offensive end of the means is not good, and away from the paint, his hold is very weak, which also makes his coverage difficult to be valuable, the new season Aruba may be in the development league to work on their abilities.

Judging from the two preseason games, the young Rockets have shown pleasing athleticism. The team is also on the right path, and they have every hope to usher in a comeback in the new season and become the dark horse team in the West. The new cornerstone of the Rockets, Jayne Green, has suffered some handicaps after gaining weight, and I believe he will slowly adjust back in the regular season. What is encouraging is that when Jayne Green's hand is not good, he helps his teammates in other ways, and his ball handling, passing, and defense have improved a lot. This shows that the new management of the Rockets is not a bad gut, picking up these potential players can make the team finish the reconstruction work faster!

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