4 in and 4 out, the Rockets upgraded to 14 players to win the championship! Van Jordan seriously injured US media showed three major challenges in Houston

Players are 4 in and 4 out, and the Rockets have been fully upgraded to the 14-man team in the offseason and officially won the championship! After the backcourt core Van Jordan was seriously injured and reimbursed, US media "SI" revealed three major challenges that Houston needs to face in the new season.

Players 4 in 4 out

As the big winners of the offseason, the Rockets almost "painlessly" completed the comprehensive upgrade of the lineup.

upgraded Jaylen Green, who has been trained for many years, to Durant, one of the best scorers in history, to solve the shortcomings of insufficient scoring ability at critical moments.

Then, he used the special case of the middle class to introduce Finney Smith and Capela to fill the vacancies of forward and inside rotation after Dillon and Landal left, and with the basic salary, he won the blue-collar Okogie and gave up the lone wolf Whitmore, and the Rockets achieved a comprehensive upgrade of the lineup in four in four outs. After completing the four-in-four-out upgrade, the Rockets' new 14-man roster is released. The specific list is as follows:

Five starting tigers: Van Jordan, Amen, Durant, Xiao Jia, and Shin Jing.

9 substitutes: Ethan, Adams, Capela, Finney Smith, Okogie, Tate, Jeff Green, Holiday, Shepard.

US media show three major challenges

As each team enters the training camp for the new season, US media "SI" also showed the three major challenges that the Rockets need to face in the new season after Van Jordan suffered a torn cruciate ligament injury.

Challenge 1: Who is the master controller?

It is not difficult to see from the offseason operation that the Rockets have strengthened the front line and inside line in a targeted manner, but have not improved the back line, which already has shortcomings, because Houston hopes to give Shepard more opportunities last year's Tanhua Show.

As a result, starting point guard Van Jordan suffered a torn cruciate ligament injury, which is likely to be reimbursed for the season, which makes the Rockets' original shortcomings infinitely magnified, and the Rockets have no room to sign the 15th man to strengthen.

Therefore, at the beginning of the season, the Rockets can only expect Shepard, Amen and Holiday to support the rotation time, but there are obvious problems for the three of them to play the main control role.

Holiday's lack of ability is not worth considering at all. Shepard is too young and has not even proved himself in the regular season. Unless the projection stability and confrontation are greatly improved, it is difficult to become a reasonable candidate.

Amen returns to No. 1 and plays the starting lineup, which is the most practical option, but only if he can develop a stable projection threat and control the number of mistakes to prevent the team from becoming a mess on the offensive end.

Challenge II: What role does Capela play?

Compared with the weak backline reserves, the Rockets' inside staff are too bloated and overlapping. Shin Kyung, Adams and Capela are all reasonable starting-level centers.

Judging from the rotation last season, Shinkyung and Adams both have stable rotation time. Langdale, replaced by Capela, is outside the rotation, but Capela's ability and value are not the same as Langdale, and the Rockets must include it in the rotation.

Uduka also publicly responded to this issue in the new season, saying that the team will still use Adams carefully in the new season, who is not expected to play back-to-back games. In addition, it will increase the frequency of using the "two tower strategy", Capela will get a stable chance and time to play.

In addition, TA Rockets' record Kelly Iko's exposure that with Van Jordan's serious injury, if the Rockets cannot fill their shortcomings through internal potential, they will inevitably seek backcourt reinforcement in the trading market. Capela will also survive the long early stage of the regular season for the Rockets, and he will become one of the potential trading chips.

Challenge 3: Who is the first core?

Judging from the star level and past achievements, Durant is the absolute core of the Rockets' new season, but the problem is that he is 37 years old, and the new season is his first season to join the Rockets.

Plus, the two all-star-level stars Shin Kyung and Amen, inside and outside are still growing rapidly. As the season progresses, we can only determine who is the first core of this Rockets.