Rafaelstone, the general manager of the Rockets, has recently made it clear that the Rockets will not bring in reinforcements for the time being, and there will be no trade moves, after all, this season has only started for more than a month, and the Rockets still have time to run in the roster, and reinforcements are necessary, but not now.
At present, the Rockets have been in winning mode, although they have just experienced an embarrassing three-game losing streak, but the Rockets are still winning more than 50% now, and they are ranked 9th in the West, which is still 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 ninth in the West, they still have the qualifying round for the playoffs.
Introducing new players to strengthen the roster is certainly an important means for the Rockets to become stronger and better, but the Rockets themselves don't have too many chips, each of the future first-round picks is very valuable, and several of the Rockets' core players are not for sale, even if it is a player like Jalen Green, the Rockets will not easily trade him, unless they can be exchanged for a star-level player equal to him.
In fact, several young players from the Rockets who have been delegated to the Development League are worthy of reuse by the Rockets, especially the 19-year-old rookie forward Whitmore, who is a surprise for the Rockets this season. This season, the Rockets picked up Whitmore with the No. 20 pick, and Whitmore's projected pick should have been in the top 10 of the first round, but in the end, no team chose Whitmore, and it was not picked by the Rockets until the 20th pick.
Whitmore is currently playing for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the Development League, and according to statistics, Whitmore can contribute an average of 26 per game this season8 points, ranking first in the development league scoring list. In addition, Whitmore also averaged 66 rebounds, 3 assists, 21 steal and 0With 8 blocks, the three-point shooting percentage is as high as 494%，39.8% and 813%, it can be said that Whitmore is a super scorer in the true sense of the word, of course, only in the Development League, but Coach Udoka did not give Whitmore much playing time in the NBA regular season.
If given the chance, the development league's leading scorer could be the main rotation on the Rockets' roster. It can be seen that the Rockets' patience with Jalen Green is limited, if Jalen Green's offensive performance is still so tepid and disappointing, then I'm sorry, Whitmore urgently needs playing time to show himself, Whitmore replaces Jalen Green, maybe it's a matter of time.
In the NBA, Whitmore is just a rookie who can't be named, but in the development league, he's the best scorer. Luckily, the best scorer, who is playing for the Rockets, will also be waiting for Udoka to call up, ready to enter the rotation, and even ready to replace Jalen Green. Nowadays, there is a lot of talk on the Internet, most of them suggest that Whitmore replace Jalen Green's voice, and if Jalen Green doesn't work hard, Whitmore has become very likely to replace Jalen Green.