Refusing to chase any player? The Rockets are worry-free at 5 positions! The 18-man lineup is released, the top two-position league

On September 14, a few days ago, 37-year-old point guard Beverly personally stated on a show that he has been training with the Rockets in recent weeks, and his goal may be to return to the NBA. At that time, Beverly directly stated that the Rockets almost signed him, but everyone knows that the Rockets don’t have much room to get the first hard salary cap. Once Beverly is signed and he is given a basic salary, although the Rockets still have a quota for the lineup, their salary will exceed the first hard salary cap. This also means that Fertita will pay more luxury taxes for the Rockets, so the plan to sign Beverly was directly shattered.

In fact, the Rockets do not intend to chase any players now. Although the Rockets only signed 14 players among the 15 places in the contract, and there is still a position to sign one player, the Rockets did not do so. Because the Rockets are now 1.2 million away from the first hard salary cap, no matter who signs any player, including a basic salary veteran, the Rockets will be directly exposed to the first hard salary cap, which also means that the Rockets will invest more and they will pay a lot of luxury taxes, which is unacceptable to the careful boss Fertitta.

In fact, even if you no longer sign any players, the Rockets now have no shortcomings in their five positions. The Rockets now have 18 additional contracts, Matthews is the one who takes the training camp contract, and Harris, Crawford and Davidson are the ones who hold three two-way contracts. In addition, Matthews is the one who takes the training camp contract, and Harris, Crawford and Davidson are the ones who hold three two-way contracts. The 18-man lineup has been officially released. Although the Rockets may sign several more training camp contract players in training camp and preseason, the basic core of this lineup will not change, which means that the Rockets will no longer have such large-scale deals, and even small deals will no longer have them.

Because the Rockets have almost 3 to 4 players in each position in five positions, and there are many players in the team who can compete for multiple positions, such as Amen Thompson, Smith Jr., Shepard, Jeff Green, etc. On paper, the Rockets' 18-man lineup is spread across 5 positions, and two positions are obviously at the top level in the league, namely the center and the small forward. There is no need to talk about the center position. They have the European Championship quasi-MVP, super center Shin Kyung, and two famous players Capela and Adams; the small forward positions include Durant, Ethan, Finney Smith, Tate and Old Green, and even Smith Jr. are often arranged to play roles at the No. 3 position. Don't forget that the Rockets also signed the swinger Okogi with basic salary. He also has a very good three-pointer and tough defensive ability in the No. 3 position. Although the other three positions are not as top as the small forward and center positions, they are also very capable. This is also the reason why the Rockets refuse to chase any player now, because the Rockets are now very well-equipped, and they may have to cut one or two players next and enter the regular season of the new season with a more reasonable lineup.