Their season has barely ended, we learn from ESPN that Rockets extended their GM at the start of the year, Rafael Stone, and this over several seasons. Ditto for his assistant, Eli Witus.
A nice reward for the architect of the renewal of Houston. Behind the arrivals of Jalen Green, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, Cam Whitmore and Tari Eason via the Draft, as well as the signings of Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks in the free agencyor the arrival of Alperen Sengun just after his Draft, the leader arrived in Texas in the fall of 2020, leaving the Orlando “bubble”.
At the time, the Rockets were led by James Harden and Russell Westbrook, but within a matter of months, they found themselves engaged in a rebuilding process that, slowly but surely, began to pay off.
Thus, after three choices in the Top 3 of the Draft, consecutive to three seasons below 30% of victories with Stephen Silas at their head, Ime Udoka's men have found a balanced record (41-41) this year. Proof that they are finally on the right track…
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Alperen Sengun | 63 | 32.5 | 53.7 | 29.7 | 69.3 | 2.9 | 6.4 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 21.1 |
| Jalen Green | 82 | 31.7 | 42.3 | 33.2 | 80.4 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 19.6 |
| Fred Vanvleet | 73 | 36.8 | 41.6 | 38.7 | 86.0 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 17.4 |
| Jabari Smith, Jr. | 76 | 31.9 | 45.4 | 36.3 | 81.1 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 13.7 |
| Dillon Brooks | 72 | 30.9 | 42.8 | 35.9 | 84.4 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 12.7 |
| Cam Whitmore | 47 | 18.7 | 45.4 | 35.9 | 67.9 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 12.3 |
| Tari Eason | 22 | 21.8 | 46.6 | 36.0 | 63.6 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 9.8 |
| Amen Thompson | 62 | 22.4 | 53.6 | 13.8 | 68.4 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 9.5 |
| Aaron Holiday | 78 | 16.3 | 44.6 | 38.7 | 92.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| Jeff Green | 78 | 16.8 | 45.6 | 33.1 | 81.9 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
| Jock Landale | 56 | 13.6 | 51.5 | 25.0 | 80.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| Jae'sean Tate | 65 | 15.9 | 47.2 | 29.9 | 66.7 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 4.1 |
| Boban Marjanovic | 14 | 5.1 | 52.9 | 0.0 | 64.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| Nate Williams, Jr. | 22 | 5.9 | 54.0 | 40.0 | 53.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Nathaniel Hinton | 15 | 5.0 | 42.3 | 50.0 | 80.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Reggie Bullock | 44 | 9.5 | 41.5 | 40.3 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Jermaine Samuels | 14 | 4.3 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
