The Grizzlies and Warriors finally decided their playoff play-offs. With Curry and Butler's superstar performances, the Warriors came out on top to win over the Grizzlies at home and lock up the seventh place in the West. As a result, the Grizzlies will have to play a play-in tournament against the winner of the Mavericks and Kings, while the Warriors have locked up seventh place in the West with this game, and they will face the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. In a best-of-seven match, let's see which team has the ability to fight it out and advance to the second round.

At this moment, a stone in Team Rocket's heart finally fell to the ground. The Grizzlies may be easier to deal with than the Warriors, but now that the Warriors have become the opponent of the Rockets, I believe the Rockets will not be afraid. Although the Rockets and the Warriors have won more and lost more in recent years, this season, the Rockets have won twice, including the game when the Rockets almost locked up second place in the West not long ago. So, although the Warriors have a triumvirate of Curry, Jimmy Butler and Dream Green, the Rockets also have a lot of good players.

Due to the Warriors, the Warriors' backcourt, including Curry, Podzemski and other shooters, should put pressure on the Rockets' guard line, but the Rockets' guard line can also be described as full of talent. Especially their point guard, in addition to star point guard VanVleet as the main point guard, the Rockets' second point guard Amen Thompson can also play multiple positions, he can play both the 1 position, but also play the front line, and even participate in the interior offense and defense at certain moments, he is also one of the most versatile players in the league.

In addition, like the Rockets' 20-year-old point guard Aaron Holiday, his defensive and three-point shooting abilities are underrated. Moreover, the Rockets also have a lot of potential young point guards, in addition to the aforementioned Amen Thompson, two-way guard Jalen Green can also play at the No. 0 position. Shepard, a 0-year-old rookie from the Rockets, has shown his talent on the offensive end and passing in the last three games.

With so many potential point guards for the Rockets, do they need to keep VanVleet next season? Van Vliet's stats this season have hit new lows in recent years. He averaged 4.0 minutes per game and contributed 0.0 points, 0.0 assists, 0.0 rebounds, 0.0 steals and 0.0 blocks.

82場比賽他缺席了22場，出勤率不算太高。所以在下賽季之前，范弗里特面臨著球隊選項。他4500萬的超級合同能否被火箭隊執行，不僅要看火箭隊的考量，還得看他本人在季後賽中的表現。不過，鑒於本賽季常規賽范弗里特低迷的表現，范弗里特4500萬的最後一年合同很難被執行下去。

After all, the Rockets could chase a Durant-like superstar this summer, while also needing early contract extensions with Smith Jr. and Ethan. In addition, Shin Kyung and Jalen Green's new contracts with a quasi-max salary will also go into effect, and it will be difficult for the Rockets to have salary space to keep VanVleet. If VanVleet wants to stay with the Houston Rockets, he will have to re-sign a new contract with the Rockets.

當然，前提是范弗里特需要主動降薪，4500萬年薪幾乎不可能，2500萬到3000萬的年薪應該是比較現實的選擇。倘若范弗里特願意，他仍可留在火箭隊；倘若不願意，火箭隊中的這些潛力控衛完全能夠頂上1號位。