17 points + 5 three-pointers in a single game! The Rockets new point guard replaces Van Jordan? The contract is too cheap, and there is a chance to become a regular person

In the current NBA league, a rotating player always earns an annual salary of more than 10 million yuan, or even more; many starters have annual salary of more than 20 million yuan, and even 30 to 40 million yuan. Those superstars often have super maximum salary of 50 to 60 million, and even the annual salary of super contracts has risen to about 70 million.

For the Houston Rockets, they certainly cannot provide any player with an annual salary of more than 70 million yuan. Even for super forward Durant, his expected annual salary for contract renewal with the Rockets is about 60 million, and it will even drop a little. After all, Durant has promised to cut his salary and stay with the Rockets. In order for the Rockets to win the championship, Durant also fought hard.

The Rockets seem to be getting further and further away from the championship next season, because Van Vreet was accidentally injured in training camp a week ago, resulting in season reimbursement. From this point of view, there are actually many available players in the Rockets' No. 1 position that can replace Van Vreet, but in fact these point guards have their own shortcomings.

For example, Shepard is too young, and he is not experienced, has poor confrontational ability, poor defensive ability, and unstable three-point shooting; Amen Thompson's biggest shortcoming is three-point shooting, and his overall view and passing ability are not as stable as Van Vreet; although Aaron Holiday is accurate in three-point shooting, he is short and does not have a good passing vision and passing skills. But now, the Rockets have indeed made a new discovery in Game 1 preseason. On October 7, the Rockets defeated the Hawks and won the first preseason victory. The best player in this game was Shin Kyung who scored 19 points, but outside Shin Kyung, there was actually a player who was even more popular, and he was 23-year-old Rockets' fourth point guard JD Davidson.

Although Davidson did not get a starting chance in this game, he was indeed highly valued by Uduka. In the 22 minutes, he made 6 of 9 shots and 5 of 7 shots from three-pointers, showing the ability of a sharpshooter. He scored 17 points in this game, plus 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and the plus-negative value is +13, which means that when Davidson stays on the court, the Rockets can beat the Hawks by 13 points. Such data contribution and winning ability may be second only to the Rockets' main center Shin Kyung.

However, Shin Kyung is a superstar with a salary of more than 30 million yuan, while Davidson is just an unknown ordinary player with a cheap two-way contract. He is not even an ordinary player, but just a two-way contract player with no guarantee of the contract.

However, with the surprise performance in this game, Davidson is likely to stay among the Rockets and win a place. Although the two-way contract is too cheap, Davidson's personal performance is unspeakable. He is fully worthy of the Rockets' starting point guard. Shepard seems to be inferior to Van Vreett, while Amen Thompson's performance in the No. 1 position is actually not very suitable, and he is more suitable for the forward and inside.

If Davidson can be trained to become a starter by Uduka, with his tall figure and comprehensive offensive and defensive skills, he is believed to be able to occupy a position in the starting lineup of the Rockets. With the performance of this game, Davidson will definitely be reused in the next three preseason games. If he can always maintain this feel, it is only a matter of time before Davidson's two-way contract will be transferred to a regular contract.

This also reminds point guards like Holiday and Shepard that if they don't work hard, their positions will be replaced. Davidson is also the point guard who has the most chance to replace Van Vreett among the Rockets.