Signing 3 people in 5 days! The Rockets have made great efforts to strengthen the outside line. Did Stone figure it out? There are no shortcomings in 5 positions

On July 27, the Rockets announced that they signed two outside players, one was Isaiah Jackson, a small forward who played for the Kings last season. He is a 24-year-old forward who spent more time playing in the Development League last season; the other is JD Davidson, a 22-year-old defender who played in the Development League under the Celtics for a long time last season. He even became the regular season MVP of the Development League last season. He has outstanding personal abilities and is also first-class in terms of data swiping. Although there are not many opportunities in the Celtics' regular season, he is a superstar-like existence in the Development League.

In addition to the two outside players signed today, the Rockets also signed Okogi, the forward guard swingman who played for the Suns and Hornets last season 5 days ago. Okogie is both a shooting guard and a small forward, and he can play in two positions, and he was Durant's teammate last season. In 5 days, the Rockets signed three outside players, including both guards and small forwards. It is obvious that the Rockets are strengthening the outside. Since the Rockets are still more than $1 million away from the first hard salary cap after signing Okogie with a one-year contract of 3.1 million, Manager Rafael Stone doesn't want to take the risk of continuing to sign new formal contract players, because if they sign again, the Rockets will pay more luxury taxes next season.

The Rockets have signed two two-way contract players in one go. You should know that the two-way contract will not be included in the total salary of next season, so the only way for the Rockets to strengthen is to use the two-way contract to introduce new players. Obviously Manager Stone did this, and he finally figured it out because Manager Stone had been cleaning up the Rockets' backcourt players, such as Dillon Brooks and Jaylen Green, were packaged together to the Suns in exchange for Durant; Rockets' shooter McVay was also directly cut; in addition, Nate Williams was also abandoned because of his poor performance in the summer league; Whitmore was even sold to the Wizards in the East, and the Rockets only received two second-round draft picks, which can be said to be a bit of a loss.

But now the players introduced by the Rockets are no longer inside or power forwards, but small forwards and defenders, so the Rockets now know what they are lacking - the Rockets really lack manpower in the backcourt. Especially Shepard's performance in the summer league was fluctuating, with a three-point shooting percentage of only 31%, which gave the Rockets the idea of finding a new defender. In this situation, JD Davidson became the Rockets' new player.

It can be said that the Rockets are not at ease with the 21-year-old Shepard. Veterans Van Vreet and Holiday will obviously get more opportunities next season, but 82 regular season games and the more difficult playoffs must prompt the Rockets to find more guards, otherwise, frequent injuries alone will be enough for the Rockets to have a drink.

The three outside players signed in 5 days have finally lost their shortcomings in the Rockets' five positions. In the point guard position, there are veterans like Van Vreet and Holiday, as well as newcomer Shepard who can play guest roles; in the shooting guard position, Shepard, Holiday, Okogie and Davidson are all worthy of reuse; in the small forward position, they have famous players such as Durant, Finney Smith, Tate; in the power forward position, there are Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, Ethan and veteran Jeff Green; in the center position, although the Rockets lost Dante, they welcomed Capela, plus the two towers of Adams and Shinkin. It can be said that the Rockets have enough personnel to use in five positions next season.