The Clippers prefer the Rockets former player? He has signed a 22+7 defender, and Stone once traded a first-round draft pick for him

To talk about the current league, except for the Philadelphia 76ers, the Los Angeles Clippers may be the team with the closest relationship with the Rockets. The reason for saying this is because of the Clippers lineup, many players were either selected by the Rockets or played there, and now there is one more player on the roster.

It seems that it is not an exaggeration to say that the Clippers prefer the Rockets' former players, because the two star defenders, Harden and Paul, led the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals back then. In addition, Batum and Lopez also have some connections with the Rockets. Although Batum has never played in Space City, he was selected by the Rockets, and Lopez is only a little short of becoming a Rockets player, but he temporarily regrets it. Moreover, these players left the Rockets, joined other teams, and then came to the Clippers. Now the team continues to act and has signed defender Taytai Washington, who has also played for the Rockets.

Speaking of Taytai Washington, he was also highly expected at the beginning. After all, no matter what, Rockets general manager Raphael Stone once traded his original first-round draft pick in order to get him, and finally made a lot of trouble and chose Washington with the No. 29 pick. However, when he came to the NBA, he had no highlights. He averaged 4.7 points and 1.5 assists per game in the rookie season. Although Washington is a typical killer in the Development League, because the upper limit is too low and there are many young people in the team, the Rockets directly lost the patience to cultivate Washington and finally sent him away.

In the past two seasons, Washington has played for the Bucks and the Suns, but has only made 27 appearances in total, and the data will definitely not be too beautiful. Of course, Washington is really powerful in the Development League. Last season, he averaged 22.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 7.2 assists per game in the Suns Development League team, and his efficiency is exaggerated. In addition, Washington did not turn 24 until November, so it should not be too difficult for him to find a job.

Although the Clippers have Paul and Harden, the backcourt lineup looks extremely luxurious at first glance, both of them are older and always need some alternatives. There should be no big problem with Washington being a third point guard, not to mention that he also has a backcourt like Bogdanovic and Bills who can hold the ball. Washington only signed an unsecured training camp contract this time. If it is not easy to use, he can choose to sack him at any time, and even a two-way contract is not required.