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Role players are different from role players in that they are players other than the team's leading stars.

Generally speaking, a player is a player who is on the pitch to pass the game; Role players, on the other hand, are the right-hand men of the leading players, who are the second, third or fourth protagonists of the team, although they are not as outstanding as the leading stars in terms of ability, but they also have the ability to control the strength and weakness of the team.

In the Houston Rockets, whether it was Olajuwon a star before, or now has both Long Zheng and Olajuwon, only Otis Thorpe and Kenny Smith can be called role players in the team.

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In the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, Robert Horry, Mario Elie, Carl Herrera, Matt Bullard, Scott Brooks, and five Rockets players teamed up against the Lakers, who were aiming to chase points. Undoubtedly, this is a great opportunity for them to prove their abilities.

Before the start of the fourth quarter, the score of the two teams was 102:48, so six minutes later, when the four of Long Zheng played again, everyone waited and waited to see what the score would be.

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Center Carl Herrera, power forward Matt Bullard, small forward Robert Horry, scoring guard Mario Elie, and point guard Scott Brooks, although the five can also play as the team's starters, their positions in the Rockets are quite embarrassing, and they are all players who belong to the supplementary lineup.

Among them, Robert Horry was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 11th pick in the first round of the 1992 NBA Draft. However, because of his personal style, Robert Horry has been unable to integrate into the team for a long time. This past February, the Rockets were planning to trade him. Trading him for Matt Bullard's Sean Elliott of the Detroit Pistons, Robert Horry has even made the Pistons' roster and is ready to play in the Pistons' locker room. However, a kidney problem that failed to pass the NBA's official medical examination voided the trade, and Robert Horry ended up staying with the Rockets. However, after this experience, Robert Horry's heart may be difficult to stay with the Rockets.

Compared with Robert Horry, who played as a small forward on the court, the experience of shooting guard Mario Elie is even more tragic.

Mario Elli was a 1985 NBA draft player. Compared to Patrick Ewing, who entered the NBA in the same year, Mario Elie was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the third-to-last pick, the 160th pick.

There's no doubt that with such a low draft pick, no NBA team can keep him, and Mario Elie is on the road to gold overseas.

NBA players have always had a tradition of overseas gold panning, in the 80s and early 90s, when the Asian professional basketball league represented by the CBA was not yet emerging, NBA players only had Europe to pan for gold overseas, such as Kobe's father Joe Bryant played and panned for gold in Italy, Europe.

Worldwide, the level of basketball in Europe is only below that of the United States, so unless you have already made a name for yourself in the NBA, and a rookie like Mario Elie who has no professional experience is not as good as you think.

As a result, Mario Elie, who has developed in Europe, has been looking for an opportunity to return to the NBA.

After five years of going around and around, Mario Elli finally made a successful return to the NBA in the 1991-92 season with Philadelphia. As a result, the '85 draft player finally started his NBA career five years later, when he was 27 years old.

The NBA is a Crouching Tiger, and every year the draft can bring a group of new forces with amazing potential to the league.

Even if Mario Eli returns to the NBA, he can't get rid of the fate of being used as a bargaining chip by various teams and constantly exchanging until he is sent to the Houston Rockets by the Trail Blazers this season.

After talking about shooting guard Mario Elie, let's talk about center Carl Herrera.

Carl Herrera, a center born on December 14, 1966, played professional basketball in Europe for a year before entering the NBA.

Truth be told, Carl Herrera didn't want to reminisce about those years, because they seemed to him to be disgraceful.

In the 1990 NBA Draft, Carl Herrera was selected by the Miami Heat with the 30th pick in the second round. Because he couldn't play on the Hot team, Carl Herrera had to temporarily leave the NBA and go to Spain.

A year later, according to NBA draft rules, Carl Herrera was re-drafted.

This time, Carl Herrera was drafted by the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets have always been a team with a center as the tactical core. After coming to the Rockets, Carl Herrera was an unknown bench player who averaged only 13 minutes per game in his 43 games in his first season. But, to tell the truth, Carl Herrera was very satisfied. Because as a center, he was always taken seriously in the Rockets' games, of course, in Karl Herrera's very little playing time.

Compared to the previous three, power forward Matt Bullard has had a lackluster career. Matt Bullard has stayed with the Rockets since he entered the NBA in '90. The Rockets lineup, the iron-clad Matt Bullard. Matt Bullard sat on the bench for four years.

There were five players on the court, and the last player, Scott Brooks, was a player who was physically challenged and relied on ball quotient to play. Scott Brooks, who is 180 cm tall, can stay in the NBA forever, and it must have taken unimaginable efforts.

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After the first three quarters of the game, as long as you are not stupid, you will definitely be able to see who will be in charge of the Rockets in the future.

In the 36 minutes of the third quarter, Long Zheng scored 78 points, as well as five assists, one rebound, five steals, and two blocks.

Carl Herrera and all five of them are aware of the fact that Olajuwon will soon abdicate and hand over the captain's armband to Ryu-jeong.

In the future of the Rockets, Long Zheng may have to occupy half of the offensive opportunities, Olajuwon will also occupy about a quarter of the offensive opportunities as the core of the interior, and Otis Thorpe and Kenny Smith are two role players who are eyeing the remaining offensive opportunities, and the team's offensive end may be difficult to have the opportunity of the five of them.

It is difficult to have a five-man team on the offensive end, and if you want to get a chance to play, you can only perform on the defensive end. The next six minutes are undoubtedly the best chance for the five to prove their defensive prowess. (To be continued.) )