Benchmarking against Leonard? Amen has surpassed the same period s small card, and the Rockets championship may become the biggest limiting factor

The second-year No. 4 rookie Amen Thompson in the Houston Rockets has experienced growth last season and has become a highly-watched player for fans. This summer, Jaylen Green, the management traded in the future, was once regarded as establishing the core position of Amen Rockets in the future, and there has never been a conclusion on Amen Thompson's future success template. Recently, some media compared Amen and Leonard, the Clippers core. The initial training paths of the two are very similar. Leonard was attracted by his potential when the Spurs traded, but in the previous stage of joining, he was at the end of his career as a GDP combination, and Leonard was defined as the outside defense gate. Amen is currently the Rockets' outside defense core, the number one scorer for their main defense. Last season, Amen was selected for the best defense. For a team, Curry's shooting rate was terrible under his strict defense.

The early Leonard had certain problems with shooting due to his excessive hand shape. Amen also faced the flaws of outside shooting. Later, Xiao Ka slowly scored the All-Star level after retired and left GPD one after another, and established a super status in his first season when he was traded to the Raptors. He once ranked as the top small forward in the league with James and Durant.

Today, Amen Thompson has surpassed Leonard of the same period in terms of data and achievements. Compared with Xiao Ka, he has the top physical static talent and the upper limit of the future is extremely high.

However, the management traded in the offseason to get Durant's historically-level super giant, and also renewed the contract and strengthened many powerful players. The Rockets' goal in the new season is undoubtedly the championship. Amen can still be defined as the role of the vanguard of the outside and flank defensive vanguard. Even the offensive end needs to practice one-handed three-point shooting ability to open the game for Durant and Shin Kyung, which is tantamount to limit Amen's rapid growth to an All-Star and super giant.

No matter who is a player, you must have the ball and unlimited fire rights to grow. Cunningham from the Pistons was the best example last season. In the new season, Van Vleet's initial ball rights are controlled by the Rockets to organize the offense. Shen Jing held the ball at high and low posts, and Durant ended. Amen can only serve as a transitional player, and he can't even touch the ball in most offensive rounds. In this way, it is difficult for Amen to make a significant improvement in the short term. However, the Rockets, who have such talented players, have wasted the opportunity to have a young All-Star player because they are in the championship window period. This is a pity.