American News: Rockets are trying to win the championship after a break season, Van Jordan may not reach the expected level after injury

September 25th, recently, Keith Smith was a guest on the podcast program "NBA FrontOffice", and talked about the Rockets after Van Jordan was injured.

"The Rockets are trying to win the championship all the offseason. However, in the Western Conference, it is not enough to be a good team. It is necessary to be the top two or three teams to have hope. At present, the Rockets should not be able to reach this level after Van Jordan was injured. The NBA chose to let the Rockets play against the Thunder in the season opener and against the Warriors on Christmas, which shows that the league has high expectations for the Rockets. However, they are facing huge challenges now. Of course, they are still outstanding now, but they are not as expected." Keith Smith said.

The Rockets' offseason operation is as follows: New: forward Kevin Durant (traded from the Suns), forward Dorian Finney Smith ($52.7 million in four years), center Clint Capela (gained a three-year $21.5 million contract through signing with the Hawks), defender Mojave King (traded from the Pelicans), defender/forward Josh Okogie ($3.1 million in a year), defender Isaiah Crawford (two-way contract), defender JD Davidson (Two-way contract), defender Kevin Harris (Two-way contract), forward Cameron Matthews (Exhibit 10 contract), second round pick in 2026 (traded from the Wizards), second round pick in 2029 (traded from the Wizards)

Loss: guard Jaylen Green (traded to the Suns), forward Dillon Brooks (traded to the Suns), forward Cameron Whitmore (traded to the Wizards), forward David Roddy (traded to the Suns), center Jock Randy Er (reduced), defender Jonathan Williams (reduced), center Kaman Maluach (retrial pick trade to the Suns), forward Jama Mashak (retrial pick trade to the Grizzlies), second round pick in 2026 (report to the Suns), swap rights for the Hawks second round pick in 2031, second round pick in 2032 (report to the Suns), forward Enfley Dangte (signed with the Hawks), forward Jack McVay (free agent)

renewal to stay with the team: center Steven Adam S (39 million US dollars in three years), forward Jeff Green (3.6 million US dollars a year), defender Aaron Holiday (3.08 million US dollars a year), forward Jessian Tate (2.6 million US dollars a year)

contract renewal in advance: defender Fred Van Vreet (50 million US dollars a year), forward Jabbarri Smith Jr. (5 years $122 million US dollars a year), coach Ime Uduka (year contract)

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