With the 13th pick of the 2016 NBA Draft, the Rockets select...

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Morey is an idiot at evaluating players

 

Nic Batum draft pick wasn't made by the Rockets. It was for the Kings. That got us Ron Artest.

 

And the answer is...



Marquese Chriss, PF, Univ. of Washington

At least, according to this mock draft.

"Washington’s Marquese Chriss is the kind of unpolished, high-upside big man who will draw the attention of teams in the top 10 and could go earlier than this should a team decide to take a risk on him. At 6-9 with a 7-0 wingspan and 8-9 standing reach, Chriss has the size to play power forward at the next level. What intrigues analysts the most, though, is his explosive athleticism and quickness."
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Other possibilities...

This mock draft says we pick Sabonis.

This one says we get Luwawu.

And this one, in haiku form, says we get Labissiere.

Lastly, NBADraft.net doesn't trust Morey to draft someone good and took our first round pick away from us altogether.
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I think Capela is a good pick. He's gotta work on his foul shooting obviously, but there's enough there that he could at least be a serviceable backup center which is fine for the 25th selection in the draft.

We didn't see enough of Montrezl to make any real assessment. He's physically gifted, but so are a lot of guys in this league. Ultimately though, he was an early 2nd rounder. So even if he does wind up not having much success in the NBA, it wasn't a costly whiff. The Dekker pick was far more inexcusable.

 

Thon Maker

 

Luwawu.

Explosive athlete, can shoot and get to the hoop. Nic Batum II?

 

Poor man's Gordon Hayward.

 

Where will Maker go? Because if he falls to us there's no doubt you take him.

 

Watched a Washington games this year. This kid can actually hoop nice game all around offensively nice defensive upside and will only be 19 Next nba season.

 

Cassell hit a pretty d*** big shot in the finals. Of course that was some time back.

 

Right on the target. Morey is bust in disguise.

 

knowing Morey he might outsmart himself and re-draft sergio lull

 

Would take.

Kid is 20 and improving in leaps and bounds.

 

no, bobby jackson got us ron artest. Nic batum got as joey dorsey

 

A very athletic wing player with so so defense who could be good if he would somehow learn to , see the court , dribble or shoot well.

 

No, Batum got us Greene and Dorsey. And Greene got us Artest.

Not the best example of a Morey failure

 

Sabonis in the 1st. GPII in the 2nd.

We need high motor players who play hard around Harden.

 

Not to mention Sabonis can also pass the ball!

 

Trade the pick plus other assets for Rubio if we stay at 12-14. If we get lucky and get top 3, then a lot more opens up.

Don't sleep on Wade Baldwin. He's got lots of game. Good 2-way point with athleticism, quicks, handle, and intangibles. Sabonis can play.

Skal is a bust. Don't pick him. Most of the rest are projects. Luwawa is over-rated. Just a role player in the NBA.

Look for GPII or Caris Levert in the second. If Levert gets healthy, he could become the steal of this draft in the second. He's got all the tools. But has health issues with his leg. He may never be able to play without getting hurt. But if he can get healthy and stay healthy he'll be a second round steal, steal, steal.