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Everything is ready, but the east wind is not available! All but two people can give up. If you can get him, the Rockets will be successful.

5:20pm, 12 May 2025【Basketball】

For this young Rockets, it is already very successful to be able to return to the playoffs after 6 years of absence this season and fight the Warriors until 7 games. Although he lost the game in the tiebreak, these young men in the Rockets have a bright future. Of course, Jaylen Green may be an exception. As the backcourt core trained by the Rockets in recent years, Green only played G2 (38 points) in the playoffs. After 7 games, he averaged only 13.3 points per game, with a shooting percentage of 37.2%, 29.5% and 66.7% in three events.

"Everything is ready, but the east wind is not the east wind." In layman's terms, this Rockets lacks a "leading figure". Recently, Perkins has advised the Rockets to chase Durant, not Antetokounmpo. He suggested that the Rockets package Green, White Devils, Smith Jr. and some draft picks to trade to get Durant. As for Amen Thompson, they must not be sold. This season, he has entered the playoffs and is ranked second in the West. Everyone will definitely have higher expectations for the Rockets next season, but if they want to maintain the status quo, in the Wild West, which is already seriously in the intra-volume Wild West, the Rockets' record next season is highly likely to be worse than this season.

There is no major player in Shu in Shu as a pioneer. In this playoffs, due to Green's sluggishness, Uduka could only trust Van Vliot. Although the latter was a bit sluggish in the first two games, in the last few games, Van Vliot handed over 20+ consecutively, which was considered to have failed Uduka's trust in himself. In 7 games, he averaged 18.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists per game, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 43.5% (only scored only by Shen Jing, ranking second in the team), but for an auxiliary player like Van Jordan, he could not bear the core burden of the team. For Shen Jing, he could only be a second-in-command role. If the Rockets really take off, they still need a superstar who can turn the world around at a critical moment.

This summer, Antetokounmpo and Durant may leave their original team. It is true that Antetokounmpo is in his year of playing and has a lot of influence on the defensive end, but for the Rockets, who need offensive firepower more, Antetokounmpo, who is not good at shooting, is far less important than Durant. Durant, who was studying at a university in Texas, previously expressed his affection for the Rockets in an interview. Even though his old player turned 37 in September this year, judging from his regular season performance this season, Durant is still at the peak. In this Rockets with many impact players, Durant does not need to take on the big bag like in the Suns. When the game is not so anxious, he can paddle, and the Rockets' target target is to let him take over the game at critical moments.

If the Suns really want to trade Durant, then the Rockets, which have many potential young men and draft picks, are indeed a very suitable team. As Perkins mentioned, the Rockets can now move except Amen and Shin Kyung. If they can trade Durant, the Rockets will definitely be a strong contender for the Western Conference champion and even the finals team next season.