Harden: Rivers Jr. is "all-powerful". Xiaoli: What did you say about me last season?

Rivers Jr., who was recently traded to the Suns, quickly joined the Houston Rockets after being laid off. This is also the first confirmed move after the Rockets had scandals with Ariza, Pope and JR. players. The Rockets, who are very active in the free market, will finally get nothing and be laughed at.

Harden, the core of the team, expressed a very welcome attitude towards Xiaoli's joining. In an interview, he said: "He is a great defender, and he also shoots well. He can organize and attack independently. Obviously, because we have several people out and he is a free agent, it is easy to sign him. He will have enough opportunities in the Rockets. "He can defend. He can organize shots and attack independently. It feels like Harden described Xiaoli as "omnipotent". I think you said the same thing when Anthony joined? The result?

Let’s talk about the situation: Rivers’ breakthrough is indeed very powerful, but his finishing ability after the breakthrough is really average. The only thing that Xiao Li is good at is his dribbling skills, which are top in the league. However, his breakthrough finishing ability, shooting ability, defensive ability, and organizational ability are really average. To say that he is a great defender, Harden is obviously a bit too much. For Harden, it may be that he is an excellent defender, but in terms of true defensive level alone, it is really a notch below the league average. It is undeniable that individual defense is really hard, but a lot of defense is based on eyesight and experience, and the awareness of assisting defense is not yet known. In the Rockets' unlimited assist defense tactics, without the awareness of assisting defense, the head coach will not be favored.

During the regular season this season, Rivers Jr. averaged 23.5 minutes per game, 7.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists, shooting 39.2% from the field, 31.1% from three-point range, and 54.3 free throws. %. His offense is like the Six-Medium Divine Sword, which sometimes works well and sometimes fails. Both his field goal percentage and free throw shooting percentage are ridiculously low. As a defender, his free throw shooting percentage is only 50%, which is a laughing stock. His shot selection is very poor. No, occasionally you can still see some traces of the number one high school student in the United States when you do a cross over. Perhaps what the Rockets like besides his breakthrough is that he also has a good three-point shooting ability. In Rockets, as long as you have this ability, you can survive. The Rockets are a three-point shooting team. For example, McAway is not good at three-point shooting, but he often shoots three-pointers, giving away the ball to opponents, and he can occasionally play. In the Rockets, if your guard doesn't shoot three-pointers, he has to sit on the bench, so no matter whether he can shoot three-pointers or not, he just shoots. If he shoots, whether he scores or not, there is still hope.

I remember that Harden had a game against the Clippers last year. He made a difficult three-pointer towards Xiaoli. Then during the timeout, Harden pointed at Xiaoli and pointed towards his bench. Shouted: "Oh my God, he can't even defend!!!" I don't know if these two people still remember this scene, but it is very impressive in the fans' minds.

Before we even started playing, and we didn’t know whether it was appropriate or not, we were already exchanging business blows. Regarding this, I really have to admire the professionalism of NBA athletes!

The above is purely a personal opinion, please don’t criticize if you don’t like it!