Houston Rockets in the 2022-2023 season: team, players, roster, schedule, preview and more

The 2022-2023 season from NBA it’s here. And that means one of the youngest and most attractive teams is back: Houston Rockets.

After another development campaign, Stephen Silas’ men have added a talent like Jabari Smith who will join Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun or Usman Garuba in their attempt to create a winning project.

Therefore, it is time to review the keys, the roster, the players and the schedule of Houston Rockets in 2022-2023.

Roster, team and players | A key player | The story to follow | Calendar

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• Coach: Stephen Silas
• Training camp contracts: Bruno Fernando

The probable starting quintet of the Houston Rockets in 2022-2023

• Jalen Green
• Kevin Porter Jr
• Jae’Sean Tate
• Jabari Smith
• Alperen Sengun

The debut season of Jalen Green left mixed feelings. Without a doubt, the G League Ignite product has great potential and is set to be one of the names to take into account in the next five years. A combo guard electric, light and with a roof yet to be discovered. Your numbers like rookie they were not negative at all (17.3 points, 2.6 assists, 42.6% accuracy), which earned him to be considered one of the top five rookies (1st All-Rookie). And with all this mentioned, Green’s doubts about it are more than legitimate.

In his first year, the player of Filipino origin did not meet the general expectations for a # 2 of the Draft. Very inconsistent, with somewhat questionable decision-making and it was not clear which position on the field would work best. Despite this, it is necessary to clarify that Green is still 20 years old and that it has not passed through the NCAA, a relevant fact since it is still under construction.

Without a doubt, the Californian manager is destined to be the most important player on the Rockets’ squad. No one except Alperen Sengun is in a position to outshine Jalen Green, who posted the highest average points for a Houston rookie since Steve Francis (18.0 in 1999-2000). This is going to be a fundamental year in the career of the combo for it will define which direction it is headed.

Since the transfer of James Harden in January 2021 to the Nets, the Houston Rockets have done nothing but make the right decisions from the offices. Multiple operations that have brought them a good number of future or current Draft elections and that have made up a very interesting project. On paper, Texans have three potential All-Stars as they are Jalen Green, Jabari Smith and Alperen Sengun, in addition to complementary figures such as Josh Christopher, Kevin Porter Jr, Usman Garuba or Tari Eason.

However, with this type of young teams success is not guaranteed, in fact it is usually more common for them to disintegrate in a short time than a promotion that takes them to the Playoffs. Hence, after all the movements made, this 2022-2023 academic year is going to be so important.

In the last season Stephen Silas was questioned for quite some time for being unable to build a proper defensive system, in addition to the bet on two handlers who are not pure (Green and Porter Jr) raised a lot of questions. Will you keep the structure if it still doesn’t work or will you look for a more common alternative?

In favor of the development of Rafael Stone’s idea, the fact that they are a very homogeneous team physically, of short stature, but that can create many problems for their opponents if they manage to hit the key. A very important factor if they manage to function defensively speaking.

preseason

Complete schedule of the Regular Phase (click here)

What is the first game of the Houston Rockets in the 2022-2023 season?

The first game of the Regular Phase of Houston Rockets in this 2022-2023 It will be Wednesday, October 19. the opponent will be Atlanta Hawks, in a match to be played at the Statefarm Arena.

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