Why do the Rockets have a very bad presence and why are the contrast so big?

In this offseason, the first player the Rockets are likely to give up is Landal.

This season, Langdale played 42 games for the Rockets, averaging 4.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.3 steals, 0.2 blocks, 1.5 turnovers and 1.2 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 53.3%, a three-point shooting percentage of 42.3%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 67.5%.

Playoffs, Langdale only played 1 game for the Rockets, played 5 minutes, and scored 2 points in 1 of 2 shots.

To a certain extent, in the summer of 23, the Rockets signed to introduce Langdale in 4 years and 32 million yuan, which has basically failed so far. In the 23-24 season, Langdale was injured, which took more than half of the season to recover, resulting in a sluggish state. Uduka was forced to use Jeff Green for a long time, and did not give Langdale a chance. In the middle and late stages of the season, Langdale recovered and played the value of the contract.

This season, Langdale is not in the rotation lineup most of the time, which has a lot to do with Adams being able to play games this season. Adams' role and status are obviously much better than Langdale, resulting in most of the regular time being in the team's rotation lineup.

Landal played 56 games for the Rockets last season, averaging 13.6 minutes per game, while this season, 42 games for the Rockets, averaging 11.9 minutes per game. Compared with last season, Langal's status and role have still declined significantly.

Landale's status in the team has declined, but Langdale's role is obviously far from Adams' level.

The Rockets' inside line, the most important thing is that they can protect the rebounds and protect the frame in the inside line. The inside line is good, and Shin Kyung's foot movement speed is slow. When Shin Kyung was replaced by the opponent, the Rockets' inside line protection was very problematic. As an offensive player, Shin Kyung's defense itself has a big shortcoming. Defending heavy center, Shin Kyung's tonnage and strength confrontation cannot match, and defending small guards, Shin Kyung's foot movement speed is slow, which is also easy to be targeted. At present, the Rockets' demands for the inside line are more complementary to Shin Kyung.

Adams's body shape is not a problem with the heavy center, but Landale also has a gap in size and confrontation against the heavy center. Adams' rebound protection and frame protection are good, and Landale's rebound protection is relatively poor. Langdale's body shape is significantly different from Adams. Adams plays pick-and-roll for his teammates, and the quality of the pick-and-roll is several streets higher than Langdale. Therefore, in terms of center complementarity, Langdale is obviously inferior to Adams.

Adams only plays one back-to-back game this season. In another game, Uduka used Langdale, which was not good. Langdale could not seize the opportunity under such circumstances. In many cases, Uduka was willing to play in a small lineup, allowing Smith to play center, or Uduka lined up a multi-front lineup, and did not give Langdale more playing time.

Landal itself has the advantages of technology, comprehensive technology, many scoring methods, wide offensive area and area, flexible footsteps, certain ability to support the ball, and certain passing vision and means. He plays very actively on the defensive end, actively fights rebounds, and has greater ability to grab frontcourt rebounds than backcourt rebounds. He has done a good job of communicating and assisting defense on the defensive end.

However, these characteristics of Landal were not shown most of the season. On the offensive end, Landal's rhythm was difficult to be in the same frequency as other teammates, which caused Landal's offensive choices to be in many cases. The team did not draw tactics for Landal. When Landal could grab the frontcourt rebound and the second attack, the offensive efficiency at the basket was not high.

From the current perspective, Landal's advantages in the international arena have hardly been shown this season, and its shortcomings have been continuously amplified.

Landal's role in the offensive end is not obvious, and even many games are basically a side effect. On the defensive end, Landale's defense is not good. It is not as defensive as Adams, and its foul rate and error rate on the defensive end have improved compared to last season. Therefore, in many games, Uduka does not give Landale too much playing time.

Landale's game time is mainly concentrated in the last few games of the Rockets' second place in the Western Conference at the end of the season, as well as the Rockets' victory over their opponents or losing to the opponent, creating a huge amount of garbage time, giving Landale a lot of playing time. Judging from the playoffs, Uduka gives Landale 5 minutes of playing time, but players such as Langdale's performance is very poor, and Uduka changes back to the starting lineup to deal with the Warriors.

From the current perspective, Uduka does not like to use Langdale at all this season. Langdale has hardly played very well this season. Langdale's role is far from Adams. Compared with Jeff Green, the Rockets have a high probability of giving up Langdale. On the one hand, Langdale's contract next season is non-guaranteed. The Rockets can not convert the contract into a guarantee, and the Rockets can also convert it into a guarantee, so as to trade Langdale. Since the Rockets signed Langdale for the two seasons, they have not been well-connected with the team and have not been in the regular rotation lineup for a long time. Moreover, Langdale's competitive state is not maintained well enough, and the Rockets are extremely likely to give up Langdale in the offseason.