12 consecutive operations, quietly creating a favorite to win the championship! If you want to do this, there will be little suspense next season

After the NBA trading and free market officially started, many Western teams showed their sharp fangs. After the Clippers renewed Harden for 81.5 million in 2 years, they began to increase their lineup around Harden and Xiaoka. They renewed Batum for 11.5 million in 2 years, and signed Lopez for 18 million in 2 years, and played a substitute for Zubac in the new season. In addition, the team is likely to sign Paul back and play the role of the team's substitute main controller in the new season. After winning the No. 1 pick Flag in the Mavericks' draft, his strength on paper in the new season is not weak. Due to Irving's injury, the team signed Russell for 13 million in two years, and Russell also joined forces with Thick Brows again. The Nuggets successfully sent away the burden Porter, and took the first round pick to exchange for Cameron Johnson, and the lineup was upgraded. Simply put, there are very few teams in the entire league that are constantly intercepted like the Lakers.

But looking at the entire league, the team with the most operations and the most accurate ones must be the Rockets. After the free market opened, the Rockets officially signed Finney Smith 53 million in four years. Thanks to the Lakers management. The Lakers management had previously actively spread news about Finney Smith's injury, angering the players' team and eventually turned around to sign with the Rockets. Data shows that Finney Smith restricted the effective shooting percentage of All-Stars in her half-court defense last season, which is 47%, the top ten in the league! In addition, Capela has also returned to the Rockets. The Rockets' operations have not stopped yet. The team is expected to continue pursuing Kennard (eventually join the Hawks) to improve the team's overall shooting ability! In the past half month, the Rockets have made 12 operations in succession, creating a super favorite to win the championship!

Review these 12 operations. First, he renewed Adams for 39 million in three years. Adams completely conquered the team's performance in the playoffs, and he can play the role of Shin Kyung mentor + locker room leader; second, in order to refuse other teams to poach, the Rockets renewed their long-term contract with coach Uduka, and the annual salary of the new contract exceeds 8 figures! He signed a two-year, $50 million contract with Van Vreet (refusing to execute Van Jordan's 44 million team option, a significant salary cut of nearly 20 million, helping the team free up the full middle-class special case, thus signing Finney Smith). 8 for 1 deal to get Durant, sending away Jaylen Green + Brooks + No. 10 + 5 second rounds; renewing Jabbarry Smith for 5 years for 122 million yuan, with an average salary of only $24.4 million.

After cutting off 29-year-old forward McVeigh, he signed back to Tate for 3.2 million yuan in one year. In addition, both veterans, Jeff Green and Holiday, returned to the team with a minimum salary of one year! After signing with Finney Smith for 4 years and 53 million, the team welcomed Capela back in the form of a three-year, $21.5 million full guarantee contract! In the words of Houston media, every move by General Manager Stone is very timely, especially Capela's arrival, which continues the Rockets' inside frame protection advantage; Finney Smith is equivalent to the enhanced version of Brooks, with both shooting and defense, the key is that the salary is much lower than expected! The Rockets' next goal is to discuss contract renewal with Durant. So how likely is the Rockets to win the championship next season?

First of all, the Rockets' forward and inside strength are unparalleled next season! There are already teams on the front line: Durant + Jabarry Smith Jr. + Amen Thompson + Ethan + Finney Smith + Tate + Jeff Green + Whitmore. The top five are definitely the main rotations of the new season. Amen can play the point guard role, Finney Smith can swing in the 2nd and 3rd positions, and the Rockets can play a set of Death Five Fight combinations! Secondly, in the use of insiders, Uduka arranged Adams and Shin Kyung to create a double tower lineup in the playoffs to liberate Shin Kyung's defensive pressure. In the new season, Capela's role in eating cakes and protecting the frame will make the Rockets' offense and defense more dominant in the half-court, because of Durant's existence, others will gain more space.

The Rockets had already reached the second in the Western Conference last season, and lacked absolute top-notch scoring points in the playoffs and were eventually eliminated by the Warriors 3-4. The team did not sacrifice too many high-quality assets in Durant's trade, and the team still reserved sufficient trading chips for Antetokounmpo's possible departure in the future. On this basis, the Rockets have achieved the ultimate in cap space + lineup configuration. In the new season, Shin Kyung or Van Jordan can still be used as the main starting point of offense. With Durant as the restraint, the team does not need a substitute point guard. After all, Amen has proved that he can organize the team's offense in the connection period last season. In the words of Mr. Su Qun, Finney Smith can fill Brooks' vacancy and raise the height against the Thunder.

But one thing is easy to be ignored. The Rockets' original young man lineup team, with the help of so many veterans around them, whether to win the championship or not is the final result. However, in this process, the management basically achieved that every position has 1 veteran and 1! Van Jordan and Shepard, Durant and Jay Jr., Finney Smith and Ethan, Adams and Capela and Shinkyung, and Amen Thompson's all-round performance from No. 1 to No. 4 actually represents what height the Rockets can reach in the future. The team's future is unlimited. The Rockets' configuration is already significantly stronger than the Thunder, it depends on the running-in between new players and young people. Under normal circumstances, there is really little suspense next season.