Injuries have become a major issue for the Rockets to move forward. Many players of the Rockets have been injured this season, either occasionally or for a long time, such as Rockets guard Oladipo has never played since he was traded to the Rockets, and I don't even know if he is likely to recover from his injury in the second half of the season and play for the Rockets, but the Rockets don't seem to care, the only reason Oladipo has not been cut in the Rockets is that his one-year 9.5 million expiring contract still has some trade value.
The Rockets may send Oladipo's contract away before the trade deadline, as the Rockets can either clear space or trade Oladipo's contract for some young players or instant power, which is the best of both worlds.
In addition, the Rockets have been VanVleet, Jock Landale, Amen Thompson and other players are also plagued by injuries, especially Amen Thompson, a 20-year-old rookie guard, who has been quite unlucky this season, he just played 4 games in the regular season, and was out for a month because of a sprained ankle, which is not Thompson just returned from injury and only played one game, played 10 minutes and contributed 2 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, because of the invasion of the flu, fell again, according to reports in this away game between the Rockets and the Grizzlies, Amen Thompson continued to be sidelined due to the flu.
Unfortunately, Jessian Tate, another player on the Rockets, small forward, will not play in this game because he is sick with the flu. Combined with the four players who were sent to the Development League, the Rockets could only use 12 players for this game.
Although the Rockets' starting lineup is not affected too much, it is missing Tate, who can contribute 5. per game7 points 36 rebounds and 1With 1 assist, the strength of the Rockets' second team will definitely decline, but fortunately, in recent games, the Rockets' other forward Tari Eason has performed quite well, and he even has some shadows of "Little Leonard", scoring rebounds and defense, and even shooting three-pointers from the outside.
Tate and Amen Thompson couldn't play because of the flu in this game, so it was a blessing in disguise for the Rockets' rookie forward Ethan, why do you say that?In fact, everyone also knows that Tate and Amen Thompson do not play, and the free playing time will definitely be divided among other players according to their performance, and because Ethan has performed well, Udoka will definitely give more playing time to Tari Eason.
With more playing time and performance opportunities, Tari Eason's stats and personal performance will naturally not be bad, and he has been in hot form lately, with excellent hands, as long as he can play his level normally, I believe that in this third game against the Grizzlies of the Rockets, Eason may still play his best.