<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BHBgxwqDMA-/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Thanks to everyone for wishing me luck as I pursue my NBA dream. I'm excited to say that I'll be going with the Golden State Warriors.</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A photo posted by Mamadou Ndiaye (@mamadou34) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2016-06-24T04:21:40+00:00">Jun 23, 2016 at 9:21pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>
I honestly don't see any way around it. Would have liked to see us swing for the fences on a talented prospect in the 1st. Very disappointing draft night.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Daryl Morey coming down to talk to us in just a couple minutes.</p>— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchfans/status/746205000276160512">June 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Houston Rockets will sign undrafted free agent Gary Payton II to three-year deal, league sources inform <a href="https://twitter.com/clevelanddotcom">@clevelanddotcom</a>.</p>— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/746195793556574209">June 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Texas undrafted guard Isaiah Taylor has agreed to a partially guaranteed deal with the Houston Rockets, league sources tell The Vertical.</p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/746208535436890112">June 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Sounds like Morey struck out and went to plan Y & Z. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Daryl Morey said he had 2 deals to move up involving specific players who ended up not being there at the time so didn't happen. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockets?src=hash">#Rockets</a></p>— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/746210355794194432">June 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Looks like Morey is trying to maximize additional D-League roster spots in light of rising cap with signing 3 players. I like it.
off to another great start. drafted one undersized center, another 7'2 but 200lbs so that evens out to undersized. even if they're 7 feet tall, morey will find a way to make them undersized. then signs a troy daniels clone to a 3 year deal and two random guys he found on the street for good measure.
I'm confused. Couldn't Capela + nab that deal with Orlando? We could have offered better than Ibaka right?
Ibaka would've been a better fit here than Oladipo. We really have no assets outside of Harden and Capela.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Houston we have a problem.... Congrats to my son. Proud moment</p>— Gary Payton (@GaryPayton_20) <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryPayton_20/status/746207907910279169">June 24, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
But Oladipo, Illyasova and Sabonis would have fit here perfectly. The Rockets had no plan in place and was once again pushed around and ignored by pretty much every other team.
We don't have anyone of Ibaka's calibre excluding Harden of course. They don't need Bev, Brewer is a negative at this point, D-Mo is a FA, Dwight is gone, they have no use for Ariza we had no 1st rd pick. Capela is unproven and has many holes in his game and Beasley is a nice cheap piece that is worth more to us than anybody else. We really don't got **** aside from Harden.
If we could pick up Wayne Selden too, that'd be cool. He can make an impact as a rotation guard as a shooter off the bench.
