Rockets 1st Round Pick: Terrence Ross or Fab Melo?

Lol Melo out of Syracuse.....what a coincidence

 

Neither. Jeffrey Taylor should be the pick.

 

Cody Zeller, Bradley Beal.

 

I think Ross is more of a SF than a shooting guard. What i really like about him is his defensive ability and versitility. He can guard 2's and 3's. He's also an excellent rebounder, he fills up the stat-sheet (similar to Kidd-Gilchrest), and he's also a 45%FG/35%3PT shooter. To me, he's a lotto pick.

 

this!!

 

If you're gonna toot Melo's horn, just remember that Thabeet had a MUCH better college career.

I fully believe the idea now that the hit rate of big men taken outside the top 5 is next to nil, while the hit rate of those taken IN the top 5 is still not great (Thabeet, Oden, Olowokandi, Kwame, book's still out on Favors and Kanter).

Who's the best big man taken outside the top 5 in the last decade? Amare at 9? Monroe at 7? I guess if you want a saving grace to big men taken late it's Roy Hibbert (17) and DeAndre Jordan (35). But that's over a background of, what? Guys we'd heard fans begging for Morey to draft over the past five years include Glen Davis, Josh McRoberts, Sean Williams, Nick Fazekas, Larry Sanders, Hassan Whiteside, Cole Aldrich, Daniel Orton, Jerome Jordan, Gani Lawal, Bismack Biyombo, Jeremy Tyler. Suffice it to say that, beyond our own foreign stash (Donuts), I've lost my faith in big men picked low in the draft.

 

Marc Gasol at 48? Andrew Bynum at 10? Marcin Gortat at 57? Kendrick Perkins at 27? Serge Ibaka at 24? Etc.

There's plenty of talent to be had in big men outside of the top5. It's just a matter of good scouting and drafting.

 

...Pekovic at 31; Hibbert at 17; DeAndre Jordan at 35; Al Jefferson at 15; etc.

It surprises me a great deal that Morey has never really been able to pull a quality center out of his bag of tricks on draft night with a mid-rounder or late pick. Seems like a lot of other teams have.

 

You forget Mr. Bonehead Javale Mcgee at 18, Varejao at 31, Noah at 9, Lopez at 10, Asik at 36...

 

Between the two... I guess Ross. But main targets should be Austin Rivers, Jeremy Lamb, MKG, and Bradley Beal.


I'm going with perimeter guys because I don't think Martin will be here much longer

 

Right now, I'm hoping that pick gets sent off in a blockbuster trade. No need in drafting another non-star rotation guy, IMO.

If we assume we keep it and there's no major shake up at the deadline, I would say Ross is a good pick to replace Courtney Lee, who seems intent on walking. Should be a fair backup 2 or maybe swingman.

Fab Melo....I'm not sold on. Looks like a (NBA) so-so backup defensive C that shouldn't play more than 10 mpg.

Patrick Young seems too small and isn't killing people in a way that makes me think his height won't matter.

Evan Fournier is somewhat intriguing at the 3. But that position might belong to Morris soon.

Arnett Moultrie is definitely a 4/5 I would keep my eye on. He could develop into something very special.

With the Knicks on the move and our draft position slipping with it, I don't see us being in range to grab those guys. They are all likely to go in the lottery, and Gilchrist could possibly go top 5.

 

Let's be fair man, Thabeet had a much better college career than a lot of players! He was the number 2 pick for a reason! He just forgot how to play after he was drafted I guess!

Thabeet is the opposite of Jeremy Lin! lol

 

Ya I know, I guess im holding on to hope that we will send Martin or something for another pick, then use all our picks to move up.

 

I too hope Morey sees the wisdom in doubling down on this draft. I think there's a lot of talent through pick 14 (depending on who declares). Every year i foolishly hope Morey will move up, but I'm always disappointed. I sincerely hope he finds a way to get it done this year.

 

Tony Wroten!!!!!

 

Rivers is over rated. Too cocky for a freshmen. I understand the hype because of his dad but there are much better players out there.

 

Ive been following Rivers sense his sophomore year man, he's the real deal

 

He was overhyped but is now living up to the hype. He shows up when it counts.

 

Fab Melo is nothing special. He averages less than 8 points and 6 rebs in college. In the NBA that translate to 4 pts & 3 rebs.....worse than Chuck Hayes production!