I got this idea based on Itmar on twitter (give him a follow if you arent @itmar_17_10 ) who posts a daily tankathon draft sim to see where the Rockets end up in the draft. I thought id expand on that idea a bit more and run through a whole mock draft using everyones favourite online trade machine and also do a few off season Rockets moves based on the draft outcome and where i see us moving forward. I will try and be as true to one tankathon draft sim a day HOWEVER where i will differentiate from Itmar is that i will keep going until we get our top 4 pick (not sure people would be into just our late rounders.. but that could change). The main reason i want to do this is 1. Im not HUGE on college ball. I read draft analysis and watch the odd game here and there but would really like some feedback on guys, from you. This board helps form a lot of my opinions around the NBA so im counting on you all to do it again. And 2. Fun. So. Without futher ado. I present the 1st of (hopefully) many Tankathon Extravaganzas!
Tankathon #1 Notes from draft sim. 1. Houston 2. Minnesota 3. Toronto 4. Orlando 5. Detroit Rockets also get #23 and #24 Link to mock draft: https://tradenba.com/mock-drafts/BOmYQFGiD 1. Houston draft Cade Cunningham 2. Minnesota draft Jalen Suggs 3. Toronto draft Evan Mobley 4. Orlando draft Jalen Green 5. Detroit draft Jonathan Kuminga Other notes: Houston draft Davion Mitchell #23 and Chris Duarte #24. Kai Jones to the Wizards at 8. Ziaire Williams to the Grizzlies at 14. Day'ron Sharpe to the Knicks at 21. The fade for Cade worked! Rockets get the guy to team with KPJ for their backcourt of the future. Not a lot to write about this one. The general consensus for #1 in the draft. Rockets also pick up 2 guards late in the draft. While some more size would have been good here, i think the 2 guys taken fit with the Rockets long term, or at the very least are the kind of talents that can be showcased and flipped. Im VERY big on Davion Mitchell. He's shown to be an absolute dog who will do it all as a guard on defense. Duarte is a do it all guard/wing. If he put this all together while still being 19/20 he would be a top 10 pick no doubt. His age is a factor, but this year with Tate, the Rockets have shown they will take a flyer if the talent is there.
Rockets have 26 games left. They maybe have a chance to win 3-4 of those games sadly. i say they go 5-21 rest of way. 16-56 record for top pick. Twolves will win more games, 17-55. Or maybe not, heck both teams you can't really tell, wolves may have easier schedule all i know.
Protip before Clutch starts locking your threads. No need to start a new thread every day. Just update yesterday. Edit: sorry, I didn't notice you're post earlier in this thread asking for deletion.
Would love those three. Don’t think Mitchell will make it to 23, Duarte maybe. Like both of them as solid NBA players with some upside. Under this scenario Cade becomes SF I would think.
