2024 Rockets First Round Pick To OKC (Top 4 Protected)

Finish strong! We have to play/scrap for every win and let the chips fall where they may. If we end up in the lottery, pray for a Top 4 pick and then we have two trade assets to package (w/ Jalen maybe) to find a better player for Ime's vision. While this draft may not have a "generational" talent, there are shooters/rim protectors we could use. If not we have an asset to use in a trade.

 

yep, Risacher looks good too, packs a harder punch offensively than those two--whilst they have the defensive upside.

my guess is the rankings[top 1-5] heavily depends on the teams selecting, fit could be the criteria--not much on the BPA route--having no clear cut stand outs

 

We don't need to try to lose, we're going to do enough of that anyway.

In all likelihood, we'll finish in the bottom 8-10 and have to hope the ping pong balls get us in the top 4. If not, we've got cap space and a young team on the way up. That might attract FAs this summer.

 

Perhaps it was inevitable that we have a year like this.
Short of the play-in but no top pick coming either.
Not the place one wants to stay.

But of course the plan is to get better, right?

Well, were going to have to rely on growth for much of it.
We don't have big FA money and we don't have valuable guys we are willing to trade.
I mean sure, when that RIGHT GUY becomes available, nearly every player will be available.
But short of that, I dont see moving Cam and Amen type players for mere role players.

 

Tank Mode???? Didn't Tilly say that we were past phase1???

Luuucccyyyyy, you have some splaining to do!!


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I’m down for getting better odds. There are some starts in this draft I just think it’s spread out more. No where near as top heavy as last draft but I’m down to try to get Dillingham or Shepherd and a back up big

 

What is the point of this thread?
OKC will get our pick, so we have no pick of our own to talk about.

So what are we talking about?

 

It’s really amazing watching this board cry about how long it would take us to reset Silas-installed bad culture and then when Udoka turns it around miraculously have the board discuss whether we should tank again for half a season.

If we drafted 9 guys and you didn’t like any of them enough what makes you think you’ll like the 10th?

The picks are not the problem. You are just incapable of detecting a star before they show star production.

 

The Rockets keeping both the Nets pick as well as their pick owed to OKC if not top 4 actually increases the chances the Rockets get a top 4 pick.

The Rockets just need to be worse than the Hawks, which is feasible as the Hawks will likely try to get in the play-in.

It would be great if the Nets were worse than the Grizzlies and Raptors. I can see the Nets being worse than the Raptors but skeptical they are worse than the Grizzlies without Morant and Bane. Raptors may "tank" since their pick is top 6 protected as they sit with the 6th worst record so if it is 7th or lower then it goes to the Spurs.

Rockets worse than Hawks
Nets worse than Grizzlies and Raptors
Top 1: From 9.00% to 13.50%
Top 4: From 36.54% to 49.95%
Better odds than the 4th worst record

Rockets worse than Hawks
Nets worse than just Grizzlies/Raptors
Top 1: From 9.00% to 12.00%
Top 4: From 36.54% to 45.8%
Better odds than the 5th worst record

 

This is like the 3rd time I have said this, but we are not getting to the top 4.
We would have to lose like 80% of our remaining games, and that may not do it depending on what the other teams down there do.

Its just not a topic, or rather, a realistic one.

Now, if we are talking about the Brooklyn pick, then the conversation is a bit different.

 

This is when I remind everyone that tanking is an organizational level decision, not a thing that players or coaches do. To tank you have to sign a roster of mostly inexperienced players and let them learn on the fly.

The rockets decided not to tank this year when they signed vets like FVV and Brooks. There's really nothing they can reasonably do now to rack up more losses than they otherwise would have.

Now, what they could have done in the offseason and previous seasons is use that cap space to trade for bad contracts and get picks in exchange instead of signing vets. But that ship has sailed.

 

Both the Nets and the OKC pick fall into the Top 4 ........haha Imma kidding.

Take both Sarr and Cody Williams.

 

Rockets have been unlucky this year, they have a positive point differential. I hope they realize this is actually a decent team and keep trying to win games to keep the momentum going.

Free agents are less likely to come here as well if they see another lackluster season in HOU.

 

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Yes, I know that. I meant we wouldn't get a bottom 4 record.

 

Sure, as I was saying, you can play an inexperienced person in the position and lose more but that would have to be an organizational decision.

FVV won't shut himself down to lose more games. Udoka won't decide to shut good players down. It will come from higher up in the organization. But, typically those decisions are made early on if you truly want to tank the season.

If you're just talking about "tanking" from the 10th lottery position to the 8th lottery position sure that can happen from a few guys taking longer to recover from injuries.

 

They don’t have to shut down FVV to get more minutes for Amen. He can easily get 30 mins a game playing 1-3. You can do pg like things from any position (see Sengun). FVV should be averaging 30 mins o less the rest of the season. Amen will contribute to winning not tanking.