Unless the guy at #4 is better than the guys at #6 and #17. The main thing is getting as high a pick as possible to get to choose from the greatest number of players possible. The draft is about getting quality not quantity.
Likely one of Ivey, Sharpe or Keegan at 4-5. I'd take Tari Eason at #6 and have zero regrets for not picking #4. #1 - 7'0 Chet Holmgren #6 - 6'8 Tari Eason #17 - 7'0 Mark Williams DEFENSE FIXED.
Houston Rockets Trade Breakdown Change in Team Outlook: -11.8 ppg, +0.1 rpg, and -1.7 apg. Incoming Players Nikola Vucevic 31 year old, 7-0, 260 lb PF from USC 17.6 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 3.2 apg in 33.1 minutes in 2021-2022 Marko Simonovic 22 year old, 6-11, 220 lb C from KK Mega Bemax (Serbia) 1.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.0 apg in 3.9 minutes in 2021-2022 Outgoing Players Eric Gordon 33 year old, 6-3, 215 lb G from Indiana 13.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.7 apg in 29.3 minutes in 2021-2022 Christian Wood 26 year old, 6-10, 223 lb PF from UNLV 17.9 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 2.3 apg in 30.8 minutes in 2021-2022
I would take 1 & 4 Jabari 1st and one of Chet/paolo/Ivey 4th Ivey Green Kpj jabari Sengun You would absolutely have the ability to get a good to great PF/C defensive player next offseason. Or it could be KPJ Green Jabari Chet or Paolo Sengun picks 1 and 4 easy !!
Sengun wont be ready to start for at last another season, as a Power Forward! Wood wont be with us very much longer , only if we cant afford to pay him. If we get a new starting center like Chet then Wood would be our starting Power Forward which is of course his natural position. Y
I wonder if Lavine stays with the Bulls and if not what they end up doing with Lonzo. He'd be a great fit next to Green
Houston Rockets Trade Breakdown Change in Team Outlook: -21.6 ppg, -8.9 rpg, and -1.4 apg. Incoming Players Tobias Harris 29 year old, 6-7, 230 lb F from Tennessee 17.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 3.5 apg in 34.8 minutes in 2021-2022 Furkan Korkmaz 24 year old, 6-7, 210 lb SG from Anadolu Efes (Turkey) 7.6 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.9 apg in 21.1 minutes in 2021-2022 Outgoing Players Eric Gordon 33 year old, 6-3, 215 lb G from Indiana 13.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.7 apg in 29.3 minutes in 2021-2022 Christian Wood 26 year old, 6-10, 223 lb PF from UNLV 17.9 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 2.3 apg in 30.8 minutes in 2021-2022 David Nwaba 29 year old, 6-5, 219 lb G from Cal Poly 5.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.8 apg in 13.2 minutes in 2021-2022 Garrison Mathews 25 year old, 6-5, 215 lb SG from Lipscomb 10.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.0 apg in 26.3 minutes in 2021-2022
I'd put up my starting lineup vs yours anyday. Green-KPJ-Eason-Chet-MW > Green-Ivey-KPJ-Jabari-Sengun And fyi - no way Chet falls to 4.
That would be the lineup next year. I said in the post to acquire someone else that was a good/great defensive player and put sengun or KPJ on the bench (prefer it to be KPJ) so... Green = Green Ivey > KPJ Jabari > Eason Sengun < Chet Ayton > MW Green-KPJ-Eason-Chet-MW <<<<<<<<<<< Green-Ivey-Jabari-Sengun-Ayton I know you want to debate this but I am right in this scenario. The backcourt is not fire and ice. It's fire and fire. a 6'10" shooting fiend. Sengun getting his 3% down would be key. The bench lineups with Green and Ayton playing while Ivey and Sengun sit. Then the latter playing when the former is sitting. Don't get me wrong what you posted though sounds good too. The upside in that back court with Jabari shooting. Epic
I don't how the hell you would pay all those guys in 6 years though. Honestly you probably couldn't. That's why if you CAN really do well in this draft and in next you could possibly hold onto the Nets picks and still bring in young cheaper talent in the coming years and keep your max guys if you can find ones worth it in draft.
Sengun can do anything asked of him. The league is doubling him for a reason. He needs a system that he can play in. I truly believe Rick Adelman’s system would unlock not only Sengun but the entire team. Sengun would have a starting position on most teams if not all in the league and he not even 20 years old.
Ayton is a pipedream man. Let's discuss what's reasonable and achievable. FYI - Ayton + Sengun is a crap front court imo, not because they are not good players but because their play does not complement the other offensively OR defensively. Neither Sengun or Ayton are elite switchers. And on offense they are at their best close to the basket. That lack of spacing will kill Green's game and Rockets 5 out system.
Those are 6 years from now problems. Plus Rockets are not done tweaking their roster and highly doubt we will be seeing all these players in 6 years, especially if these players increase in value for trades + future FRP/swaps.
Frontcourt - Chet and Jabari/Chet and Wood/Chet and Eason/Chet and Wembanyana Backcourt - Green and KPJ/KPJ and Nix/Green and Jaygup/Green and Scoota
