Rookie contract + middle-class contract, Rockets luxury 2 teams! Double forwards are all-round offense and defense, new point guard key

The Western Conference has multiple teams formed a super luxurious starting lineup this offseason. It is natural for the Thunder, the champion team of last season. Alexander, Homgren and Jaylen Williams all received large contracts with maximum salary renewal, and Haltenstein and Dortmund also had good contracts in their hands. The Nuggets sent away their starting forward Porter Jr. in exchange for Cameron Johnson; the Rockets got Durant and Finney Smith; and the Clippers also got Bills, Lopez, and Collins and other strong players. It can be said that these four teams should be the strongest teams in the Western Conference next season.

However, although the starting lineups of these four teams are very luxurious, in order to win the championship, in addition to a good starting lineup, they must also have enough lineup depth. Because of 82 regular season games, it is impossible for the starting five tigers to continue playing like this. After all, these players will be tired, and the impact of injuries will also affect a team's final record.

Take the Houston Rockets as an example. The starting lineup of the Rockets was actually quite average last season, but their second team was quite profound and had good practical capabilities. This is also an important reason why the Rockets were able to beat many strong teams and thus won the second place in the West. Although the only one who could be called a star player last season was Alperon Shenjing, the Rockets' two lineups were quite profound and had a strong strength. If you want, Uduka could completely line up three different lineups to deal with the game.

In fact, the Rockets have formed a very luxurious second team next season, so we can take a look. As players such as Whitmore, Landare, Jaylen Green, Dillon Brooks and others leave the team one after another, the starting five Rockets are expected to be Van Vreet, Amen Thompson, Durant, Smith Jr. and Shin Kyung next season, and the center point guard in the second team is expected to be Shepard, the shooting guard should be Holiday, the double striker is Finney Smith and Ethan, and Adams is the center in the interior.

Although the Rockets seem to have sufficient staff in the inside and frontcourt and insufficient staff on the outside, such a second lineup is still quite powerful. Even in the Rockets' second lineup, veteran Jeff Green and Tate, two players with basic salary contracts, don't forget that the Rockets' new center Capela is also a defensive gate.

So the Rockets' second team is not inferior to the starting lineup, especially the two forwards in the Rockets' second team, Ethan and Finney Smith. They are really all-round offense and defense. They are both rebounding experts and one-on-one defense experts. They also have also hit the shooting percentage in outside long shots. Moreover, the two players can play the No. 2 position and the No. 4 position, and even play the center in a small lineup.

In addition, Rockets' rising point guard Shepard is extremely critical in the lineup next season, because he will be the tactical core of the second team, and the Rockets' second team offense will be initiated by him. Although Shepard is still not mature enough in the summer league and still performs not well enough, I believe that after several months of training and training camp after the Rockets, the 21-year-old rising star point guard Shepard will gradually improve and improve.

, and the Rockets' second team does not have those players who hold big contracts. Except for Ethan and Shepard, who have rookie contracts, they all have middle-class contracts that Finney Smith, Adams, and Capela have. Therefore, the Rockets' second team has extremely cost-effectiveness. Although there is a lack of super sixth-man star players, the Rockets' second team is strong overall, and they have a chance to assist the starting lineup and help the Rockets win the championship next season.