As the Houston Rockets entered the offseason, the team had one thing in mind: bring in additional offense.
Accordingly, their blockbuster acquisition of Kevin Durant as well as their signing of Dorian Finney-Smith were meant to accomplish this goal, but, in the process of acquiring additional perimeter shooters, they have shown why VanVleet can no longer be relied upon to lead the offense in that regard.
Although VanVleet is certainly still a capable ball-handler and one of the integral pieces of this offense, the team can no longer rely on his 3-point shooting to help keep them afloat offensively, and, therefore, much of that responsibility now lies on Durant and Finney-Smith.