Focusing on the future, the Rockets posted a post to analyze the lineup, predicting that the White Devil will be traded for future draft picks

After the Rockets lost the series with the Warriors this year's playoffs, management and coach Uduka began to strengthen the lineup. However, even with strong players like Durant, Finney Smith, and Capela, the team still said in an interview that they will still value the cultivation of young players, and the team fully understands why they have reached this point in recent years.

However, it seems that the training of young players here does not include Cam Whitmore, because Rockets reporter Danielle Lerner just reported that because the team's lineup is too crowded, the Rockets will use Whitmore for future resources, and it is likely to be a future first-round draft pick.

For the reports published by Danielle Lerner, everyone can 100% believe that Lerner teaches Mr. Feigen. After Feigen retired last year, Lerner began to report on the Rockets as his successor. His style is also quite similar to Mr. Feigen's previous style. There are almost no false reports and are very reliable in authenticity. Sometimes, he is faster than Shams in reports about the Rockets.

The Rockets insist on sending Whitmore away, it actually has something to do with the team's lineup and him personally. Let’s look at the Rockets’ lineup. Van Vleet and Amen have almost confirmed the starting lineup of the next season. There are 24-time Tetras Shepard on the bench and the veteran Aaron Holiday.

In the competition for new players last season, Whitmore did not win in the competition with Shepard. At the beginning of the regular season last season, Shepard's average playing time was always higher than Whitmore, which made Whitmore feel some emotions, and even made an outrageous three-pointer shooting percentage of 6%, which was immediately abandoned by Uduka. He didn't get a chance again until the team's injuries increased in the middle of the season.

So even if Whitmore does not leave the team, the focus of the Rockets' training next season will still be Shepard. In addition, the team has 6 players in the forward position, Finney Smith is likely to rotate to the No. 2 position and split a part of the time. In this case, Whitmore, who averaged only 16.2 minutes of playing time last season, has no chance of winning.

The second is that Whitmore's playing characteristics are no longer suitable for the Rockets, or it is not suitable for the current Rockets. If the Rockets saw Jaylen Green unable to fulfill his talent, it would be possible that Whitmore would hold the ball and train him to become a good ending point for the team when they saw Jaylen Green unable to fulfill his talent.

Now the division of labor among the players in the team is relatively clear, and more than 80% of the ball rights will be rotated in the hands of four players, Amen, Shin Kyung, Van Vleet and Durant. On the offensive end, Van Vleet and Shin Kyung are still traditional pick-and-roll styles, Durant can hold the ball and play singles as the offensive point, while Amen and Ethan are a sharp sword in the counterattack. As for Jerry Jr. and Finney Smith, they will appear more as fixed-point pitchers.

Perhaps the only thing the Rockets can accept is that Whitmore has become a fixed-point pitcher for the team, but Whitmore, who has been playing with the ball since high school, is not suitable for this style of play.

So after comprehensive consideration, trading Whitmore has become a good solution for both sides. When the Rockets no longer need any reinforcement this season, using Whitmore for a future first round will not only send the White Devils to a team with more opportunities for performance, but also allow the Rockets to add weight to future resources.

Although the team's current lineup is enough to compete for the championship, Durant may retire in three years. At that time, the Rockets will lose a scorer who averages 25+ per game without any compensation, so the team chooses to stock up on a large number of future first rounds. Even if Durant leaves, there may be young people like Amen and Shin Kyung among the rookies, and the Rockets can get the bonus of rookies, with Amen and Shin Kyung as the core, and launch a second round of attack on the championship again. Do you think the Rockets should use Whitmore for future draft picks? Welcome to like, follow, and leave a message to discuss!

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