The best rookie team was released! As expected, the Rockets Tanhualang lost the election, and the prospect of staying in the team is worrying

May 21st news, the NBA announced the All-Rookie Team this morning, with the first teams: Castle, Eddie, Rissache, Saar, and Wells. The second team is: Boozelis, Carrington, Klingen, Missy, and Weir. It is worth mentioning that among the top four rookies in 2024, No. 1 Sacher, No. 1 Sal, and No. 4 Chaser were all selected as the Best Rookie Team, but only the Rockets' Tanhua Show Shepard was defeated. The Grizzlies gained a lot in the first team of the Best Rookie, with Eddie in the No. 9 and Wells in the No. 39 pick. It should be noted that the Rockets only received one second vote and scored only 1 point, which is the lowest total score among all rookies.

Shepard played 52 regular season games this season, averaging 4.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 35.1%. Even the three-point shooting percentage that he is good at is only 33.8%. If we only look at this data, it would be reasonable for Shepard to lose the election, but Shepard has very little playing time. Shepard averages 12 minutes per game in the regular season and only 3 minutes in the playoffs. At the beginning of the regular season, Uduka was willing to give him some playing time and let him serve as Van Jordan's substitute, squeezed out Holiday's position, but after playing for a while, Shepard fell out of rotation, Uduka lost trust in him, and Shepard was once transferred to the Development League to play.

In fact, as long as Uduka continues to coach the Rockets, Shepard's prospects will be worrying even if he is not traded to stay in the team this summer. First of all, although Shepard has good shooting skills and good offensive ability, his body is too thin and his defense will become a shortcoming and cannot be fought against in the regular season, let alone the playoffs. More importantly, with Shepard's physical condition, it will be difficult to improve even if she strengthens her training in the short term. In addition, the Rockets have fewer opportunities to train and use young players in the future, because the team is on track and it is time to achieve results. There is no time to continue to train Shepard, who is not very strong in combat.

In view of the Rockets' performance of opening high and closing low this season, there is a great opportunity to make big deals this summer to strengthen a star who can fight tough battles. Given the current performance of Tanhualang Shepard, he may be able to play in the future, but at least in the past two years, he will not see the potential for the Rockets to fight. Therefore, even if he stays on the Rockets on the bench, it is better to go out and find a rebuilding team with sufficient playing time to practice leveling, and maybe he will play out. Of course, for the Rockets, although he may have misunderstood the choice of Shepard, he will not send him away easily. Even if he is used as a bonus in future transactions, he will have to maximize his value.