With little left, the team already needs to change its roster rotation to qualify for the playoffs, according to a Rockets reporter, and Udoka has told Rockets management that he will send five of the most competitive players to the starters and no other ideas.
At present, the Rockets still have three main players such as Eason, VanVleet and Whitmore in the injury stage, and the performance of Jalen Green and Jabari Smith in the Rockets' starting lineup is unstable.
The Rockets will also return after All-Star Weekend, and Udoka revealed that he will adjust his current starting lineup to include more competitive players, and then focus on developing young players.
According to sources, Udoka is already feeling the pressure of the record, and the second half of the season is the time for Udoka to show his coaching ability, and Whitmore is likely to get a more important role with his breakthrough offensive talent and could replace Jalen Green in the starting lineup.
Eason and Jabari Smith will compete for the starting power forward position, and Jabari Smith will also appear at the No. 5 position to make up for the Rockets' lack of interior basket protection, and Jalen Green and Shin Kyung will most likely have less playing time.