Oy, don't remind me. That drill, IMO, single-handedly led to one of the greatest Rockets drafting blunders ever: taking Mirsad Turkcan at #18 over Rashard Lewis in the 1998 NBA Draft, the THIRD time the Rockets passed over Lewis in the same draft! (I fully understood taking Michael Dickerson over Lewis at #14. The Bryce Drew pick at #16 was highly questionable but at least comprehensible given the Rockets' need for deadeye shooters. But a THIRD first rounder on a team filled with veterans?! Take a chance on the young kid, dammit! Plus, they still had a second rounder, which they used to make perhaps the biggest steal of any Rockets draft pick: Cuttino Mobley at #41!)
Haha this was just the second quarter hahah!!! Also this was the last time the lakers tried the super paper team and blew up in their face
Boy this thread really reminds you how rudimentary our scouting methods were back then. It really makes me appreciate Morey a lot more.
Parsons is not there yet, and he's got a ways to go. People forget what a hell of a player Cat was. That said, I wouldn't put it past Parsons to surpass Mobley one day. Hope he does it as a Rocket!
You sure about that? I thought they had Mike Dunleavy, Jr. and Caron Butler both ahead of Stoudemire. Whatever, it's all speculation anyway. If I had been a GM in 2002, I would have had Jason Williams at #2 on my draft board at the LOWEST. Even though he only had a so-so rookie season, I thought he was going to be a STAR coming out of Duke. Too bad for that horrible motorcyle accident.
remember cuttino playing pg as a rookie and doing quite well. I loved that pick i remember him and wheeler at rhode island beating stanford
I remember Cuttino's first ever start (at PG, in his second career game). On a team featuring Hakeem Olajuwon, Scottie Pippen and Charles Barkley, it was CUTTINO who hit the game winning shot at the buzzer to beat [Golden State?]!!! Gotta love the Cat!
IIRC, Yao, Williams, and Dunleavy were widely regarded as the top 3 prospects. Many people thought Yao would never pan out, and Williams would be a "can't miss" guy. (Remember Bill Simmons claimed that Yao over Williams would be worse than Bowie over Jordan?) Some put Dunleavy at #2. Amare Stoudemire was thought to be too risky because of his checkered background off court. That's why he fell so low. (In a sense, it was somewhat like Royce White's draft situation.)
