Ethan has performed well in the season. Why do Uduka rarely use Ethan in the final stage?

Among the 7 Rockets, 5 players have entered the regular rotation lineup this season. Those who have not entered the rotation lineup are the 23rd No. 20th pick Whitmore, and the 24th No. 3 pick Shepard. Among the 7 Rockets, the most imaginative player is Jaylen Green, whose template has been constantly evolving from "going to the bed and leaving the table", and when it realizes its talent, it can give people endless imagination.

Among the Rockets' 7 shots, the least imaginative player is Tari Ethan. As an older draft, he is currently 24 years old. He is the oldest player in the Rockets' 7 shots and is also the role player with absolute positioning and status in the Rockets' 7 shots. There is no probability and possibility of becoming a core player.

This season, Ethan played 57 games for the Rockets, averaging 12 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.7 steals, 0.9 blocks, 1.1 turnovers and 2.4 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 48.7%, a three-point shooting percentage of 34.2%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 76%.

Playoffs, Ethan averaged 7.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 1.1 steal, 1 block, 1.4 turnover, 1.9 foul, with a shooting percentage of 47.7%, a three-point shooting percentage of 36.8%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 50%.

Whether in the regular season or the playoffs, Ethan is basically between the 7th-8th player of the team. During the regular season, Ethan's status was after the starting five tigers and Smith. During the playoffs, Ethan's status was after the starting five tigers and Adams and Smith.

Currently, among the Rockets' 7 shots, Shin Kyung, Amen, Jaylen Green and Smith have the status of four players before Ethan. Ethan is the fifth in the Rockets' 7 shots. Even though Smith's performance in recent years has not met expectations, Ethan's playing time and shooting times are not as good as Smith. It can be seen that the Rockets once trained Smith as a core player, and Ethan has always used it as a role player.

Ethan is a player with very obvious advantages and disadvantages, and is also a player with very strong functional attributes.

Advantages: Excellent stealing ability, extremely good at offense and defense conversion, good at grabbing frontcourt rebounds, excellent secondary offense ability, extremely good at disrupting battles; good body shape on the defensive end and good defensive awareness.

Disadvantages: There is no hard-solving ability in positional warfare on the offensive end, it is easy to get ahead on the offensive end, there is room for improvement in offensive choices and offensive timing. The end of the basket looks very rough, the stability of three-pointers is not good, the threat of space points is not enough, and the free throws are not good; the defensive choice on the defensive end is poor, and there are often gambling steals, which leads to missed position, and foul control is not good enough, and the defensive end is easily distracted without the ball.

Ethan's ability and level of luck control are not good, but compared to Smith, Smith's luck control has made more obvious progress. The bottoming of luck control level gives Ethan more opportunities to switch off and defend and make fast attacks, but the luck control level is not good enough, so Ethan's mistakes will be made when making fast attacks.

Ethan's characteristics and functions are more suitable for chaos. Ethan does not have stable mid- and long-range shooting ability, and the threat of space points in positional battles is not enough, and there are not enough offensive means. His running and incisive consciousness during the field are not as good as Amen. Therefore, Uduka allows Ethan to play more in the connection stage. In the final stage, Uduka rarely allows Ethan to play. Positional battle is the norm in the final stage, and chaos battles are more likely to happen, as well as the tacit understanding and strength gap in personnel configuration that occurs in the substitute connection stage, so the probability of chaos battles is higher.

Ethan's offensive attributes prompted Uduka not to put Ethan into the starting lineup, nor would Ethan play the final stage unless Ethan feels good and the opponent's starting lineup is not strong.

Ethan's defense is not as good as Amen and Dillon. Ethan's defensive maturity and defensive mind are not as good as Amen. Ethan's defense is not as fierce as Dillon. Ethan's defensive elasticity is not as strong as Smith. Ethan's defensive habits and defensive choices have a lot of room for improvement. Ethan's defensive foundation is good, but his advanced defensive ability is urgently needed to make up for it.

This summer, Ethan and Smith both face early renewals. Compared with Smith's position in the team, they will be a substitute from starting to playing, and their average shooting average has also dropped significantly. When Ethan's status is obviously inferior to Smith, the early renewal of the two will test the Rockets very much.

This season, Ethan's salary is US$3.7 million. Ethan's starting salary for the next contract is likely to be between 10 and 25 million. The amount of his contract is likely to be smaller than Smith. Smith is younger than Ethan, and Smith's future imagination space is greater than Ethan.

From the current perspective, Smith's projection and spatial attributes prompted Uduka to dare to put Smith in the final lineup, but Uduka did not dare to let Ethan play the final lineup. Smith's future templates and direction prospects are far better than Ethan, and the upper limit is higher than Ethan.

If Ethan wants to advance, he needs to improve at least one offensive skill in positional battles, or improve the stability of three-pointers and become a player with space attributes, or like Amen, strengthen the running position, increase the frequency of incisive and counter-running, and threaten it at the basket of positional battles. Otherwise, Ethan will always be a substitute player in the future, and there is no possibility of becoming a starting player or even a star player. Ethan needs to make up for the shortcomings in the offseason. Ethan's fighting spirit and spirit need more stable offensive and defensive skills to support it.