Mike Scotto: Rockets will shop the No. 3 overall pick ahead of the draft in hopes of landing a star

Simpletons? Vigilantes? Strong words my fellow Rockets fan


Things change when money is involved and Green is up for an extension and if he doesn't improve his efficiency like he most definitely has not for 3 full years the Rockets would be stupid to give him max contact extension like he wants

I'll be the first to say Green made improvements with his defense and decision-making but they are marginal and he needs to put the ball in the hoop. That's what he was drafted for.

That 10 game stretch when we found out he was having a kid is not enough for me and should not be enough for Stone and Ime

 

Im still hopeful (not optimistic) that Green emerges efficient this year. But we can’t count on it.

 

The fact that you seem to think this is impressive kind of shows you to be a casual fan.


A chucker can compile tons of points by chucking shot after shot till eventually he hits enough....but he's hurting his team by doing so. That probably goes over your head, so maybe we just end this here. You can keep cheering for raw scoring totals of a mindless chucker, I'll continue to realize that mindless inefficient chucking is cancer to a team.

 

I think Jalen Green being the 3rd Option because Kevin Porter Jr., Christian Wood, Eric Gordon and now Fred VanVleet, Dillon Brooks.

Sadly the Stephen Silas didn't prioritize Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun as Rookies, Sophomores.

Ime Udoka way over played the Veterans over Younger Players. Vets that are less talented. Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore playing time should've gradually increased in the beginning of the season. Amen Thompson unfortunately was injured due to ankle.

 

You have nothing better to do instead of being jealous.

 

LOL, I expected a fairly dumb response, but I never thought the response would be THAT dumb.

My brother in Christ, if you're older than 12, you should be embarrassed at yourself for trying to go the "you're jealous" route as an answer to being called out on your obvious bullshit.....and that's on top of the fact that if you're over 12 years old you shouldn't be citing raw scoring totals in defense of a player's quality. That **** is just sad my friend.

No one is "jealous" of your childish basketball takes.

 

You get a chance to pick up possibly the best shooter since Curry. That's awesome. Not shitty.

 

I’ll be fine picking Sheppard, I just think this is the worst draft I can remember in like 15 yrs or so. Feels like all the top prospects have huge weaknesses.

 

In 2021, the first 2 picks were draft busts....the talking heads are suggesting it's a weak class, but pretty often their "deep draft classes" turn out to be bullshit and their "weak draft classes" turn out to be strong.

 

I don't see a huge weakness with Sheppard.

 

Personally, I'm starting to feel this is an underrated draft. While there are no identified "superstars", there are some solid players and some with upside. We were given a gift with pick #3, if we can turn that into Reed Sheppard, he feels like the real value in this draft in the Top 5.

Certainly one of the higher upside measureable guys could grow into a monster, but they could also turn into a toad. For example, Ron Holland was looking like the Top pick going into the season, he didn't do as well in the G-League, but that doesn't mean he couldn't blossom in the right environment at the next level.

A lot of development is the environment you land and the opportunities you get, but the #1 factor will always be how much the player wants it and how hard they work to develop themselves and their game.

Most of today's media rehash the same narrative that someone else started. I like some of the folks out there, but I don't take their thoughts as gospel, I still like to view things from my own perspective.

You're a really good poster and I agree with the majority of your takes, but we can't really assess how good or bad a draft is unit 3-5 years after the event.

 

There may be a couple diamonds in the rough who may end up being all-stars, but most of NBA GMs end up on them likely because of blind luck (lottery) not eagle eyes.

So if playing the odds, it might better serve the Rockets to trade out. People have heard rumors of Rockets shopping the 3rd pick. The other reported teams include Jazz (with their 10th). Stone and Ainge agree on the weakness of this draft.

The draft is described as weak for upswings, but fine if drafting for role players. If going for shooting or fit, someone like a Sheppard is perfectly fine. But if start taking swings on a Sarr and or Castle of the world, it gets real tricky. Be better off betting on the upsides already on the squad: Jabari or Cam.

 

Aren't you Childish typing 3 long paragraphs slandering Jalen Green. You really have nothing better to do.
Don't bring religion into this.

 

People are hung up on his height. If he was taller, he would be the clear number 1 favorite.

 

What’s really impressive about it is that Dream did it after spending 3 years in college. And Harden spent two years in college and came off the bench his first three years in the NBA.

 

Pay that poster absolutely zero time. He has insulted several hundred posters on this site the last several years. It’s all he does. Repeats himself incessantly. And insults. Rinse and repeat. Mental issues most likely in real life so again do not waste your time on here with it.

 

My issue with these "youngest player to..." lists is that Jalen is uniquely positioned to be on them. He was drafted very young and handed the starting SG role on a team with no real #1 scoring option right away. 10 or 15 years ago you almost never saw guys drafted in their teens, and the Rockets have been a decent-to-great team with lots of veterans for most of the past few decades, so really young players who came in would inevitably be coming off the bench. I don't really view it as predictive of anything, honestly.

This upcoming season is the first one where we can really start comparing like-for-like and say something like, "best age 22 seasons" which might be a little more meaningful. If Jalen is still on the team this season, I think we're going to find out who he really is now, and that might be a great player or it might be a guy who ultimately ends up in a bench role (probably for a different team if so).

 

Do you actually understand what slander is... or is that another concept you have a child's understanding of?

 

This is exactly how I feel.

A great draft class will have at least one player like Anthony Davis or Wemby or Luka or Zion where the floor is an all star appearance.

This class doesn't have anything near that level prospect. Sure, history shows someone will be an all star. There's just no one that anyone would guarantee it for.

All that said, I think you still draft BPA. I don't think you trade the pick unless you're getting a perennial all star back or pushing the ability to draft an all star out to future years (like swapping Nets picks for Suns picks).