Average of 10+2+2! The Rockets are going to get a bargain again? Four teams compete for former Hornets shooters, and they can sign a contract with a basic salary

The Rockets have been in need of a new point guard since veteran Van Vreet was reimbursed for the season due to injury. But in fact, the Rockets also have certain needs in terms of shooting guards. After all, after Jaylen Green was traded to the Suns, the Rockets now lack a pure shooting guard. Although Holiday, Shepard, and even the newly joined Okogie can play the role of No. 2, they are not standard shooting guards. If the Rockets can sign another shooting guard, it can also alleviate the pressure on No. 1 position.

There is now a very good shooting guard who can be signed by the Rockets. He is the 21-year-old Nick Smith, a shooting guard who was just cut by the Hornets. The former Hornets defender has passed the clarification period and has become a full free agent, which also means that if there is a team recruitment, he can join that team immediately with the consent of Nick Smith Jr. Moreover, Nick Smith Jr. is young enough and his personal ability is actually pretty good. I believe he can sign the abandoned Hornets with a basic salary.

Last season, Nick Smith played a total of 60 games for the Hornets, averaging 9.9 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in 22.8 minutes. Moreover, so far in his career, Nick Smith's three-point shooting percentage is as high as 37%, and his quite stable shooting percentage also means that Nick Smith is a very good three-point shooter in the league.

The Rockets lost three outside players, Whitmore, Jaylen Green and Dillon Brooks, and they urgently needed to find another outside shooter to provide more three-point firepower, so if necessary, the Rockets can use a basic salary to sign the 21-year-old shooter Nick Smith Jr.

However, the Rockets may find it difficult to get what they want, because in addition to the Houston Rockets fighting for Nick Smith Jr., the Western Conference powerhouse Los Angeles Lakers are also interested in Nick Smith Jr., and the Western Conference Trail Blazers and the Chicago Bulls in the East also want to sign Nick Smith Jr., which means that all four teams are competing with Nick Smith Jr. The Houston Rockets have no advantage at all. Although the Rockets are interested in Smith, they no longer have any salary space. The Rockets are still $1.25 million away from the No. 1 Rich Line, and many players have signed new contracts or renewed contracts, so they cannot be traded at all.

The only core members of the Rockets can be traded now, such as Shin Kyung, Durant, Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, etc. The Rockets cannot be so stupid that they trade the core players of the team for Nick Smith Jr., so the Rockets are likely to be interested in it, but it is almost impossible to sign him, unless the Rockets can free up more salary space, but that may not happen until mid-December, because at that time the frozen contracts will be thawed, and the Rockets will have the opportunity to trade or lay off some players to free up salary space.

But the Rockets' idea of ​​wanting a new guard is very clear. Now the Rockets may not have the chance to recruit another guard, but after more than two months, when the frozen contracts are unfreezed, the Rockets will have the opportunity to trade and get a star point guard or a easy-to-use and inexpensive shooting guard, which is very beneficial to the Rockets' strengthening.