Rafael Stone, the GM of the Rockets, recently welcomed the Draft picks, with the arrivals of Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason and TyTy Washington. The manager particularly emphasized the defensive qualities of the first two cities, which will be invaluable.
Stephen Silas is no less optimistic about this new group, where three rookies enter when Christian Wood leaves, still young and inexperienced.
“I am above all excited”announces the Rockets coach to the Houston Chronicle. “The challenge is to add three youngsters to other players who were 19 last year and 20 this year. And the expectation is to build good habits, which must lead to victories and progress. Part of progress is winning. I believe in this group, in the work of Rafael Stone. »
The Texas franchise went from 17 wins in 2021 to 20 in 2022. The improvement isn’t exactly dazzling, but Silas had seen progress between the two seasons nonetheless. He wants to continue in this direction, always with more success in the rankings.
“We will have to be patient”warns the coach all the same. “We all talk about victories, defense, which is very good. But you have to build winning habits and that takes time. We have seen an improvement this year, between the start and the end of the season. I expect things to go a little faster next season, because we are already settled. We will take a leap forward. »
Stephen Silas also has his “and at the same time”. He wants to progress, win more matches, but also requires patience. The group is very young and we can’t expect miracles from players who only have one or two NBA seasons in their legs.
“I learned that patience is a virtue. It’s not going to happen overnight, but there are also expectations. On the one hand, you have to be patient, on the other, you have to push them without overloading them. We have to find the balance and last season, we were there. I have good feelings for that today. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Christian Wood | 68 | 30.8 | 50.1 | 39.0 | 62.3 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 17.9 |
| Jalen Green | 67 | 31.9 | 42.6 | 34.3 | 79.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 17.3 |
| Kevin Porter, Jr. | 61 | 31.3 | 41.5 | 37.5 | 64.2 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 15.6 |
| Eric Gordon | 57 | 29.3 | 47.5 | 41.2 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 13.4 |
| Jae’sean Tate | 78 | 26.4 | 49.8 | 31.2 | 70.7 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 11.8 |
| Dennis Schroder | 15 | 27.0 | 39.3 | 32.8 | 87.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 10.9 |
| Garrison Mathews | 65 | 26.3 | 39.9 | 36.0 | 79.4 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 10.0 |
| Alperen Sengun | 72 | 20.7 | 47.4 | 24.8 | 71.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 9.6 |
| K.j. Martin | 79 | 21.0 | 53.3 | 35.7 | 63.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| Daniel Theis | 26 | 22.5 | 46.9 | 29.1 | 67.5 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 8.4 |
| Josh Christopher | 74 | 18.0 | 44.8 | 29.6 | 73.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 7.9 |
| Bruno Fernando | 10 | 9.4 | 70.7 | 0.0 | 57.9 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
| Armoni Brooks | 41 | 16.8 | 34.7 | 30.0 | 84.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 6.2 |
| Dj Augustine | 34 | 15.0 | 40.4 | 40.6 | 86.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| David Nwaba | 46 | 13.2 | 48.3 | 30.6 | 71.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| Danuel House | 16 | 14.5 | 33.8 | 29.4 | 89.5 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| Trevelin Queen | 10 | 7.4 | 45.5 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| Daishen Nix | 24 | 10.9 | 40.3 | 26.9 | 53.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| Usman Garuba | 24 | 10.0 | 43.2 | 25.0 | 71.4 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
