The Rockets relied on a third-quarter lead in yesterday's game against the Nuggets to win without a thrill, but the team exposed a lot of problems. The first is that the rookies are easy to lose themselves and lose the ball when they encounter the last moments, especially when they are strictly guarded, and this aspect can be grown in training.
I believe it won't take long for the rookies to overcome this problem, and another problem for the Rockets is the lack of an outside core, to put it bluntly, it is the stable offensive point on the outside that has been missing, and people who can score are needed at critical moments, VanVleet simply does not have this physical talent, and Green does not have this maturity.
Now he can only choose VanVleet to control the ball for about ten seconds, either to play with Shin Kyung and play a pick-and-roll, or he is forced to leave it to Green to choose. Often at this time, Van Vliet likes to cooperate with Shen Jing, but the routine has been thoroughly studied by many people, so the probability of success is not high.
And Green is easy to make mistakes, either dribbling the ball himself, or being stealed, Green should try to choose a mid-range shot after blocking and dismantling, so as to avoid mistakes and losing the ball and being counterattacked. This is also the biggest gap between the Rockets and playoff teams at the moment, lacking ball control and offensive core.
Like the Rockets, a team that has reorganized itself this year, the more training time the better, give the young more time to learn and practice, and it will be a little easier to play, especially Green, a particularly important year, learn Xi tactics, improve projection, adapt to without the ball, it is not a bad thing to have so much training time in front, I hope that the young will grow up quickly.