Video: The Houston Rockets May Have Had One of the Best Drafts Ever!

We should have moved Wood at the freaking draft.

I could easily see him in Sacramento and us picking up Davion Mitchell, who would fit this group like a glove.

 

Night in and night out.

 

lol

 

based simply on the ~7yr age difference, or is he a bad fit w/ the kids bball wise as well?

 

Posted this in an earlier thread….

I’ve seen enough too! And I believe the rest of the NBA is on notice…there are 30 some GMs that just got stone-rolled.

I’m shocked at what this organization has pulled off.

the Rockets are a monster team right now. Uber athletic, young, playmaking, outrageously high defensive potential. An incredible and unprecedented rebuild in one season. My God!

do whatever it takes now to move EG and House and buyout Wall and don’t look back!

Adding the incredible haul of these 4 high upside 1st rounders to KPJ, KMJ, CWood, Tate, Nwaba, and adding Theis is just stupid good checkmate moves.

absolutely stunning!

 

its better than not getting off at all

 

i think we can just tank again and get someone better than him next year, right? Wood can still be moved at the deadline. if he continues his play i'm sure there'll be a lot of contenders interested in him at that contract. i bet the warriors would still trade for him.

 

The only thing Morey begged for is to scratch Harden’s balls. Give Stone credit and give Tilman props for at minimal changing the image of the organization in ONE YEAR after Harden quit

 

I love Davion too, but why would we need another PG?

We seem to have gotten exactly what we wanted out of this draft.

As to Wood ....

Keeping him moving forward into this year makes more sense to me. Let him play with KPjr for awhile and see what we have. Give both guys a chance to progress a little more together. I submit this will help overall team chemistry, as well as pumping up Wood's trade value. Christian's still got some upside. We need some semblance of a team for all these dudes to grow with. It gives us more options if we do move him this year....for picks, with Gordon, even with...Wall. But, remember when we were winning games..with Christian healthy albeit for a short stretch..This, of course cuts both ways these days I know.(I want that high pick) Let this play out a bit more.

 

But Morey was going to draft the same players. LOL.

 

We don't need any position, we need young guys, under team control for multiple years, with tremendous upside. As far as I am concerned there is only one PG on this roster that matters. Nobody other than JC matters.

Christian Wood is who he is. While he might get marginally better, we know who he is. His value is only going to go down as his contract gets shorter, and there is risk he gets injured. Not to mention he is going to hurt our draft position for the next two years. He needs to be gone ASAP.

 

Let's say it takes the Rockets 6 years to make it to the finals, that puts wood at 31. I don't think that is terrible. So I don't get why they need to move him, unless they are worried about him demanding a massive contract or leaving in free agency?

 

Take it easy Deshaun!

 

No, Morey would have traded #2 for Andrew Wiggins and then drafted two 'stashed-for-three-years' Euro players with 23 & 24.

And we would have all been 'excited to see Wiggins in Houston'.

No disrespect to Morey really, he was extremely shrewd and forward-thinking analytically, but a good drafter-of-1st-round-talent, he was not.

 

I LOVE Davion Mitchell but we currently have Jalen Green, Kevin Porter Jr and Josh Christopher at guard without even getting into vets. Where does Davion Mitchell fit?

 

I was being sarcastic.

 

I think this is a false narrative. Morey never had the opportunity to be a player in the 1st round. His mandate was always to win now. The highest he was able to draft was around 14-15. We have no idea what Morey would have done if given the opportunity Stone was just given, because he never had that opportunity.

 

Yeah I dont get the C Wood hate. We can't just keep drafting 19 yr olds every year. Wood fits with the squad. I think he will get more consistent with his game and im sure the rockets staff is working on building up his body to get him a lil stronger. Wood has a very good skill set for a 7'0, we gotta hang on to that. It's Wall, Gordon, and House that will need to be moved.

 

Certainly hope so...

DD

 

I’m excited too, but let’s chill out a bit til we see how they pan out.

We could have the next Kobe and Sabonis or we could have the next OJ Mayo and Derrick Favors...