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Hold the ball and fight one-on-one + send a dunk! Rockets Amen practices offensive skills hard, and becomes the third choice on the offensive end?

2:45am, 2 September 2025Basketball

Rockets forward Amen Thompson, in addition to training with his teammates recently, has also conducted personal training. It can be said that the Rockets players admitted that Amen Thompson was the most dedicated and attentive player in the team to train. As a result, last season, Amen Thompson not only occupied the starting forward of the Rockets, but his data also improved. More importantly, Amen Thompson has become the main force and one of the most important tactical cores of the Rockets - he is the Rockets' strongest defensive player and was selected for the Best Defensive Team last season without any suspense.

So in the new season, Amen Thompson should have no problems on the defensive end. In addition, his ability to play from No. 1 to No. 5, as well as his strong physical fitness, first-class speed and super athletic ability, so as long as Amen Thompson can work hard on the offensive end and improve his shooting (especially three-point long shot), ball-holding offensive ability and inside offensive skills, he will inevitably become a super versatile player with comprehensive offense and defense.

What has Amen Thompson, who has the "panjin oil" attribute, been practicing recently? We can see from the recent video that Amen Thompson is playing a one-on-one match with the sparring team. After Amen Thompson got the ball, he quickly broke through with speed and physical fitness. After a beautiful turn around and passed the opponent, he easily scored a layup. Then Amen Thompson staged a dunk with the ball. It seemed that his ability to attack with the ball, his one-on-one ability and explosive power in the inside line had been mastered.

But we have to say that we would rather see Amen Thompson who can shoot, can shoot, and is not afraid of shooting. Because in the NBA, many players have never been able to make three-pointers. It is not because their technical ability is not good or talent is not good, but because there is something wrong with his psychological problem - they dare not shoot after getting the ball. The more they dare not shoot, the more they dare not shoot, the less they dare not shoot, and the more they cannot shoot, the less they dare not shoot, which forms a vicious cycle.

For example, Ben Simmons was like this back then; and D'Antoni's power forward Ryan Anderson was originally a tall super shooter, but as he lost his main position in the Rockets that year, his three-point shooting also dropped rapidly, and he didn't even dare to shoot a three-point shot. This is a psychological problem.

We also hope that Amen Thompson will improve his shooting ability in addition to practicing singles, breaking through the basket and dunk. After all, if you want to become a top superstar, in addition to your inside ability, Amen Thompson needs to practice shooting, otherwise, he is just an ordinary role player and defensive expert.

Amen Thompson has talent and first-class physical fitness. As long as he practices shooting hard during the offseason, I believe there is nothing he can't do. In addition to Durant and Shin Kyung next season, with the offensive skills shown in training this summer, he can completely become the Rockets' third choice on the offensive end; even if he can practice shooting, he will inevitably become the Rockets' main choice on the offensive end. After all, no one can ignore a super forward who can break through and shoot, and Amen Thompson is only 22 years old, and he can completely evolve and upgrade on the offensive end.

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