Average of 26 points or shrinking? Durant can hand over the offensive "scepter" and Shen Jing competes for the first core of the Rockets

Shen Jing's unstoppable performance in the European Championship made the Rockets management and coaching staff very happy. What is happier is probably Durant, the core star of the Rockets. Last season, the Rockets were already second in the West. Now that they have added super scorers like Durant, the Rockets should not have too many problems on both offense and defense next season. More importantly, now we see Shin Kyung's performance at averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in the European Championships, which further strengthens Durant's confidence that he is the right choice to come to the Rockets.

Durant was with the Suns last season, although he had All-Star guard Booker and former All-Star guard Bill, the Suns' defensive ability is quite poor and lacks excellent center and point guards. Therefore, this team has been hovering on the edge of the playoffs last season, and in the end he was unable to reach the threshold of the playoffs at all in the sprint stage, and he failed to even enter the playoffs playoffs. In the Rockets in the new season, Durant is surrounded by powerful players. With Shin Kyung's performance at the top center level in the European Championships, we have reason to believe next season that the Rockets really have a chance to compete with top teams like the Thunder.

Durant averaged 26 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block last season, with a shooting percentage of more than 50% and a three-point shooting percentage of 42%. So next season, will Durant still be the Rockets' first offensive choice and scoring champion? Obviously, if Rockets coach Uduka lets Durant attack and take action at will, Durant can even average data of more than 30 points per game, but Uduka should not do so.

On the one hand, the Rockets are not the Suns of last season. They have many players they can rely on: Van Vreet and Shepard in the backcourt, Amen, Smith Jr., Ethan, Finney Smith, and even reliable substitutes such as veteran Tate and Jeff Green; the interior is the essence of the Rockets. Two defensive star Adams and Capela support the inside defense, and star center Alperen Shinkyung has now become one of the top centers in the league. Earlier, Shinkyung even had a certain advantage against Jokic.

It can be seen that the Rockets will form a "three cores inside and outside" model next season. They include Amen Thompson and Kevin Durant on the outside, and super center Shin Kyung on the inside. So, Durant doesn't have to attack himself next season. He can hand over the offensive scepter in the regular season. He is no longer the team's number one scorer. Scoring twenty-three or four points in each game is actually enough.

Previously, experts believed that Durant's average score per game should remain at about 25 points next season - it was not that Durant's scoring ability declined, but that the Rockets have so many young and excellent players, especially Shin Kyung's offensive end is unstoppable in the European Championships. Durant can completely feel at ease to hand over the "scepter" on the offensive end to Shin Kyung and other young players. He only needs to give 70% of his skills in the regular season, which is enough to ensure that the Rockets enter the playoffs with a very good ranking. In the playoffs, Durant will control the game at a critical moment.

This is also the real reason why the Rockets used Dillon Brooks, Jaylen Green, as well as 5 second-round picks and 1 first-round pick to trade Kevin Durant at such a great price. Therefore, next season, Shin Kyung of the Rockets can completely compete for the team's first tactical core. Of course, this is only in the regular season; and in the playoffs, Durant will become the Rockets' most important offensive point, while Shin Kyung can share more pressure for Durant in the interior.

Therefore, Durant and Shin Kyung can clearly divide the work in the regular season and playoffs: Shin Kyung is the core of the Rockets in the regular season; and in the playoffs, Durant should dominate the Rockets' offense, help the Rockets score at critical moments, and go further in the playoffs.