I would suggest that a ‘slick’ landing is likely more conducive to tyre blowouts than a ‘kiss’ landing... at the moment of contact, I would imagine that at the contact point, the rubber will increase significantly in temperature. Once the wheel is spinning in free air for even a second or so, it gives the surface a chance to cool and when dealing with rubber, this has to be an important consideration.
I’m wondering if the tyre pre-rotation isn’t done because of gyroscopic effects. If the wheels are all turning, this might make it far less likely that a pilot could do a last second correction.....
I think the reason is obvious. If the wheels had electric motors and they were spinning and the tires impacts at angle slightly off the runway axis, which happens all the time, think about what would happen.