1 cut and 1 sign! Rockets adjust 3 teams, defensive gate signing training camp contract, Uduka firmly believes that defense is first

On July 14th, the Rockets have some small moves to adjust their lineup today. In fact, everyone knows that after introducing stars such as Durant, Finney Smith and Capela, the Rockets can now form three different lineups, and there is basically no suspense in the starting lineup. In the second team, Smith Jr., Ethan, Shepard, etc. can perform well next season. Even in the Rockets' third team, there are veterans like Jeff Green, Tate and Aaron Holiday.

The Rockets had previously used shooting guards like Nate Williams, but now the Rockets have adjusted the third lineup, which is their edge lineup. According to reports, the Rockets directly waived their shooting guard Nate Williams today because he performed too poorly in the previous game against the Clippers, with 4 of 15 shots and 0 of 7 three-pointers, which also made the Rockets directly waive him. After the Rockets sacked Nate Williams, Nate Williams failed to play in the Rockets' game against the Pistons today, and he even lost the qualification to play for the Rockets.

The Rockets also have new moves today. They signed undraft forward Cameron Matthews from the University of Mississippi with an exhibition10 contract, which is a temporary contract for training camp. In fact, the Rockets had announced this decision before, and Matthews has always represented the Rockets in the summer league. Although his performance on the offensive end is a mess and basically has no highlights, he does have a certain performance on the defensive end. As the front gate, Matthews basically points all his skill points on defense, and he is even more ace in steals. According to statistics, Matthews is not only the undrafted rookie this year, but he is also the steal king in Mississippi State's team history, and has been selected into the NCAA Division I Southeast League's best defensive team team twice. In the past two years, he has averaged more than two steal data per game, so although his scoring ability is not strong, Matthews has extremely rare steal ability and he is also a rebounding expert.

Although there are not many points, the Rockets need such players the most. After all, the concept that Uduka brings to the Rockets is that defense is the king. Players who cannot defend, no matter how powerful you are on the offensive end, it is difficult for Uduka to reuse it. For example, the forward Whitmore sent away by the Rockets is like this.

cut off Williams and signed Matthews, and the Rockets adjusted their third squad. Although the steal king Matthews only signed a training camp contract, it is obvious that Uduka's philosophy is very consistent with Matthews' characteristics. Next season, the Rockets have super scorers like Durant, such as Van Vreet, Shin Kyung, Smith Jr., and Shepard also have good scoring abilities. So on the defensive end, Matthews only needs to do those dirty and tiring work, do a good job of defense and protect the rebounds, which can allow him to continue to stay with the Rockets, and even allow him to sign a two-way contract or a formal contract.