Why do these mocks say we need PG when we have Lowry/Dragic?

the bad part is you are dead serious with this.

 

Sorry...but any of those players would fit out "needs" just fine. Great passing point guards with the ability to score (other than westbrook) are hard to pass on, and if Morey was given the choice between Lowry and any of those guards, it's a no brainer.

I love lowry as a guard, but those are franchise point guards we're talking about.

 

Was wondering the same thing. They said on NBATV draft preview we needed a pg too.

 

I don't think we need one to replace Lowry, but being 3 deep at PG is pretty dang useful. I think we can agree that experimenting with C.Lee at PG didn't go terribly well last season, so Lowry and Dragic are the only PGs on the team. Last season, we got to a point where Ish Smith was our starting PG for a few games. I think picking up a PG with the 38 would be a good thing.

Of course, I have no idea why we'd take a PG with the 14, or even the 23.

 

We need every position. Other than Martin, no one is a star that wouldn't be replaced on a contending team. Draft best/most potential, even if he is a SG, chances are by the time we're able to contend, Martin will have broken down.

 

It’s actually really simple. Most mock drafts go by best talent available, rather than addressing what is most needed.

 

Agreed OP. I've been looking at these mocks since the playoffs and sometimes they had us choosing a pg with our first pick. Clearly, none of them watched a single Rockets game. Were set at pg.

 

First of all, Wall was arguably the worst starting PG in the NBA last year, so don't know where that comparison came from.

Anyway, Lowry isn't paid to be a superstar. This team was a better offensive team than any of those teams were and he's an excellent defender as well. That's all that needs to be said. If we want a volume scorer like Westbrook or Rose then we can go out and spend the $14 mil that we're saving and get one.

Other than volume scoring there's nothing that those guards are better at than Lowry.

 

To be fair, just look at last season and what happened to AB. Courtney Lee is a REALLY nice player but he isn't a PG so if Kyle or Goran go down then we have only one true PG left.

 

Lotto teams don't spend first rounders on guaranteed 3rd stringers.

 

We have a winner.

We don’t need a third string PG. Third strings Pgs are for teams who don’t have and 2’s or 3’s with ball handles. In this case, our 2nd string SG (Lee) could run point if need be, and even Budinger has adequate handles to bring the ball up the floor.

Otherwise we would’ve held on to Ish Smith, for he had some of the best handles and pure PG skills this team had seen in a while. Rook.

 

Signed David Kahn

 

Aaron Brooks, for example

 

It's a late 1st rd pick not the 5th pick. Our roster is packed, like I mentioned earlier, don't use the 13th pick but after that it's BPA. If a PG is that player then go for it.

Once we dumped Ish, if Lowry or Goran had to sit out the other ended up playing 40 min and I guess people forgot how the team looked with CLee running the show.

 

Morey is jus tout there spreading disinformation, that way when he drafts a
6' 9" forward/center everyone will be surprised

 

Understood but If a PG that is much higher rated then a SF might be there then I really don't want to choose a lesser player just because it's a position of need. Now, if we go with a SF at 13 then drafting a big might just become to much of a need to pass up. At 38, it doesn't matter, you have to go for value at those selections.

 

BPA approach results in an excess of redundant assets. Attempt to draft for need, if that doesn't work draft to trade for need, hopefully on draft night. If that doesn't work, fill needs through later trades or free agency. That just makes sense to me. But, I'm not a hot shot genius GM, just an ole fan trying to hang on to my memories and love of the Rockets.