Well-known reporter: The two-way contract star may become a potential dark horse for the Rockets to replace Van Jordan?

According to previous news, Houston Rockets' starting backcourt star Fred VanVleet suffered a torn and severe injury to the ACL. He will undergo surgery to repair his knee. If nothing unexpected happens, he will face a season reimbursement in the new season. Keith Smith, founder of Spotrac in the US media, recently visited the podcast program "NBA Front Office", during which he talked about who the Rockets should play the point guard after VanVleet was injured and faced season reimbursement.

Smith said: After Van Vleet was injured, compared to trading, the Rockets need to find a suitable solution first. On the offensive end, they might have to consider first to give Reed Sheppard more chances, but his problem now is that his style of playing is more like a shooting guard than a point guard. There is also Aaron Holiday, which obviously will allow them and Kevin Durant to undertake a lot of offensive tasks in the half-court offense together. However, they still need one person to defend the opponent's point guard, and Amen Thompson can do the role. Speaking of creating offensive opportunities, in fact, the backcourt player JD Davison, who they signed with a two-way contract this summer, can do this, and he has the talent in this area.

It is obvious that without trading, Amen and Shepard will inevitably get a lot of playing time at the number one position, which is undoubtedly true. As for Holiday, he didn't play too much last season and couldn't stabilize the position of a rotation lineup. However, under the current circumstances, he might not have played too little in the new season, and he would also take up some of VanVleet's playing time. Davidson mentioned by Smith may be a player that everyone had never thought of before. Considering that he is holding a two-way contract, it is logical that he is unlikely to get too many opportunities. But with VanVleet's injury, everything could change dramatically.

In the NBA regular season last season, Davidson made a total of 16 appearances, averaging 5.8 minutes per game, averaging 2.1 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.3 steals, and 0.1 blocks, with 0.8 turnovers and 0.1 fouls, shooting percentage of 35.3%, three-point shooting percentage of 22.2%, and free throw shooting percentage of 71.4%. In the playoffs last season, Davidson made a total of 4 appearances, averaging 3.3 minutes, averaging 1 point, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.2 turnovers, shooting percentage of 12.5%, shooting percentage of 3-pointers and shooting percentage of 50% from free throws. Although Davidson has few opportunities to play in the NBA arena, he is the NBA Development League regular season MVP winner last season. He has performed at the dominant level in the NBA Development League. What he lacks is actually enough trust and support. Maybe the new season will be a turning point in his career?