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Very self-disciplined! Rockets Shin Kyung appeared in the strength room and continued to conduct special training. Should he practice shooting free throws?

7:57pm, 28 May 2025【Basketball】

As the core center of the Rockets, Alperen Shinkyung was very regrettably selected for the best team this season. It can only be said that the overall record of the Rockets where Shin Kyung is still quite good. The ranking of the second in the Western Conference in the regular season is indeed only inferior to the Thunder, but it is stronger than other Western Conference teams. However, the Rockets' Alperen Shin-kyung averaged only 19+10+5 in the regular season. Compared with other star players, Shin-kyung's personal data and performance are obviously slightly inferior.

In the competition with the stars, Shin Kyung was unable to become a member of the best team. It can only be said that the Rockets' winning method also determines that this team cannot give birth to that kind of superstar.

However, as the only active All-Star player on the Rockets, Shin Kyung did perform well in the playoffs and regular seasons. In the regular season, Shin Kyung is a stable number one scorer; in the playoffs, his double tower combination with Adams also gave the Warriors a headache. Moreover, in the seven games in the playoffs, although Shin Kyung's offensive efficiency was not high enough, he did work very hard on the defensive end, and the overall defensive quality was much better than the regular season.

So the 23-year-old Shin Kyung has worked hard enough, and he also knows what he lacks. Therefore, during this offseason, Shin Kyung appeared in the strength room for strength training many times. Now Shin Kyung has posted a video of special training in the Power Room, which seems to be really hardworking.

In fact, if you remember correctly, in the past four years since joining the Rockets, one of the main things that Shen Jing has done in these offseasons is to strengthen strength training and strengthen confrontation. From the thin center when he first joined the Rockets to the fact that he now has a certain strength and confrontation ability, Shen Jing has really not practiced his strength in the offseason in these few seasons. But the problem now is that although Shin Kyung is very self-disciplined and conscious, he should practice shooting more.

Because in the regular season and playoffs this season, Shin Kyung lacks the ability to shoot mid-range and three-point long-range shots, this is the biggest problem. If Shin Kyung can make a three-point shooting, the Rockets' overall offensive system will be further improved.

Unfortunately, in the past four years, Shen Jingzhong has not practiced his shooting distance, and his three-point shooting percentage has been below 30%, which is also a headache for the Rockets. This season's regular season, Shin Kyung's shooting percentage was 49.6%, but his three-point shooting percentage was only 23.3%. He is indeed not good at shooting three-pointers. Not only does he shoot low in three-pointers, but he also dares not shoot from the outside.

So compared with this, Shin Kyung has improved a lot of physical fitness and confrontational ability. Obviously, Shin Kyung needs to work hard to train his shooting during this summer's offseason. Whether it is mid-range shooting or three-point shooting, Shin Kyung should practice well. More importantly, Shin Kyung should practice more free throws - after all, the Rockets' free throws in the playoffs are quite bad. If the Rockets' free throw shooting percentage can be improved, maybe the Warriors but the Rockets will end up laughing.

In the regular season of this season, Shin Kyung's free throw shooting percentage was only 69%, while in the playoffs, Shin Kyung's free throw shooting percentage dropped to 62.5%. In addition to practicing more physical fitness and more confrontation, the Rockets' Shin Kyung should find his biggest weakness, that is, his shooting ability is really not like a star center. If he can solve his shooting shortcomings and his excellent low-post offensive ability and passing ability, then Shin Kyung can at least become the top 5 center in the league, but now he still needs to practice shooting more.