The NBA regular season continues today with the Houston Rockets hosting the San Antonio Spurs. The Rockets and Spurs have drawn 1-1 in the previous meeting, and today's matchup will determine which team has the upper hand this season.
Edit. As a result, the Rockets eventually defeated the Spurs 114-101, and more importantly, their player Shin Kyung overshadowed Wembanyama in the game, which seemed to be really good.
Shin Kyung is a Turkish center whose technical characteristics are similar to Jokic's, and he is also a well-rounded interior lineman. Shin Kyung's skills are very solid, and even though he is only a low-pick rookie, he has played step by step with the Rockets and already has All-Star level ability.
Shin Kyung was once seen as a player of the same type after Jokic and Sabonis Jr., but with a little less ability. Now it looks like Shin Kyung has overtaken Sabonis Jr. and is desperately chasing Jokic.
In this game, Shen Jing broke out in an all-round way, and he scored more than 30 points in the first three quarters of the game, including 18 points in the third quarter. In the whole game, Shen Jing shot 19 of 32 and scored 45 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals and 1 block, which was the first time since Yao Ming that the Rockets had a center who could score 40+ points in a single game. As a comparison, Wembanyama only had 10 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 7 blocks, which was suppressed by Shen Jing.
Edit. The Rockets are a team in the process of rebuilding and haven't had a very clear core. The Rockets have tried to develop Jalen Green, drafted Whitmore and Amen Thompson, and even signed veterans VanVleet and Dillon, but now it is clearly Shin Kyung's strongest and most leader.
Edit. In this way, the Rockets can consider trading Jalen Green to completely correct Shen Jing.