Amen may successfully take office, and he was selected as a defense lineup in the second year to hit a record. The saying "not selling products" is not a rumor

Although the current playoff competition has nothing to do with the Rockets, among all the awards in the regular season, some players in the Rockets still have very good competitiveness. For example, in the just-released best defensive player lineup, Rockets player Amen Thompson was successfully selected and was also the best defensive player team in the 24-25 season. This is a great affirmation for him and the Rockets this season.

However, as far as Amen received his personal honor first, it was more or less surprising. It has been five years since the team rebuilds in the 20-21 season. Among them, the Rockets have chosen high-ranking rookies such as Jaylen Green, Jabbarry Smith Jr. and Shepard, and are all higher than Amen Thompson in draft rankings.

There are also "baby" that you can find in the middle of the first round like Shin Kyung and Ethan. Among this group of people, the most people are naturally looking forward to is Jaylen Green and Shin Kyung, the 21st-time double-star combination. Until now, people don’t even expect Green to make any major breakthroughs, just keep a stable average of 20 points. Although Shin Kyung has been successfully selected as the All-Star this season and is likely to enter the third team in the selection of the best player of the season, before him, Amen, a second-year player, was still allowed to win the season's personal honor first.

I have to say that Amen brought too many surprises to people in the 24-25 season. In fact, in the two years he played for the Rockets, Amen was a substitute for the team for more than half of the time. In the second half of last year's season, the Rockets saw that the Rockets had no hope of the playoffs and began training, so Amen had the opportunity to start 23 games. It was not until halfway through the season this year that Amen snatched the starting position from Jabbarri Smith.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Amen has maintained 100% competitiveness from the first minute of the game. After playing this season, he has increased his average game data to 14.1 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.3 blocks, and his shooting percentage has reached 55.7%. However, what really tests Amen's ability is the seven playoff games with the Warriors this season.

Generally speaking, players should have a lower average game than the regular season in their first playoffs, such as Jaylen Green. However, Amen was not at all nervous in his first playoff series. He averaged 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.7 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of 50%. Perhaps it is precisely because of his desperate attitude that he is in no way strong as long as he goes on the court that he seems very stable in any intensity. After winning the first round of honor for the Best Defensive Player, Amen also made him the fifth player in the history of the Rockets to be selected for the first-team defense. Previously, the four players, Olajuwon, Rodney McCree, Pippen, and Patrick Beverly, received this honor as Rockets players. However, Amen was only 22 years old when he received the honor, becoming the youngest league defender in the history of the Rockets.

Perhaps this is why Amen was never involved in trading rumors when people discussed how to increase the strength of the Rockets' lineup after the season ended. As early as before the regular season, Rockets general manager Stone said in an interview that Amen is the Rockets' "non-sale product". Even to a certain extent, he is more stable than the new All-Star player Shin Kyung in the team.

Now, Amen does have the ability to make everyone trust. As for the game content he has shown, Amen is already the top ranks in the league on the defensive end, and is very outstanding in steals, frame protection, and single defense. He is not like the Hawks Daniels, but is just outstanding in some aspects.

At the same time, starting from the second half of the regular season until the end of the first round of the playoffs, Uduka chose to let Amen return to his familiar No. 1 role, control the team's offensive and defensive rhythm, and at the same time sort out the team's offense and defense. This has shown that the Rockets did not want Amen to be just a defensive vanguard, but wanted to train him into an "all-round warrior."

At present, Amen's biggest shortcoming is his projection problem, which is also his main focus of improvement in the offseason. If he can have a certain offensive threat on the outside next season, he will become the real cornerstone player of the Rockets. Compared to Green Amen, it is even better than talent. Compared with Shen Jing, if you hand over the team to Amen, the team's ceiling will be greatly increased. It can be said that Amen Thompson, who has the best defensive team support, may have successfully taken the lead and officially become the absolute core of the team in the next 5-10 years. What height do you think Amen Thompson can grow to? Welcome to leave a message for discussion!