[ClutchFans] Podcast: Houston Rockets options with the #3 pick of the 2024 NBA Draft

I like Sarr as a project as well and he is not a bad fit with either, but it is a giant leap to trade one of those guys for Sarr and no GM in their right mind would do it. There is a pretty decent chance he falls to us, but I doubt it. I would give up #3 and one of the future Nets picks lottery protected for him with conversion to two second round picks if not executed.

 

Trade Jalen for the number 1 pick and draft Sarr and Sheppard.

DD

 

What would Atlanta do with Jalen? Your irrational impatience for Jalen is trumped only by your irrational patience for KPJ.

 

Are you saying they don't want him? Why ever not?

DD

 

Trae and Murray

 

Total agreement. Not that we project Saar to be a superstar, he would complement the frontcourt perfectly. Coach would have so much system flexibility, and even if nobody becomes a superstar, this so young team should be competitive for a decade Larry Brown's Pistons style where the true star was the team.

 

Don't wanna loose any valuable asset to trade up either, only if lady luck bring him to the Rockets reach...
Anyway, Reed or Risacher will be a very nice consolation price as they project to be very good pros, with skills that should complement the Rockets very well.

 

I have a feeling a #1 to #3 swap is in the works involving Sarr and Clingan

 

Is that your 6th sense or Intel?

 

I believe everything is a huge smokescreen right now. Atlanta can select Clingan with the 1st pick if they wish. They should easily ask for Jabari at the very least in order to trade Saar to Houston. That would be a no no for me.

 

There's a lot of smoke screens everywhere.

On Saar: as plenty of folks have pointed out, the risk of him is that he ends up being a 4 on defense and a 5 on offense, even if he's pretty good on both sides in that regard that's not a true needle mover. He's kinda thin and didn't rebound well, and his offense game is interesting for a center but not as much for a 4, like you'd almost certainly bet Jabari will have a higher career 3pt% over him by a decent margin. and it's not like he's shown a ton of flashes going to the rim, he actually is kinda a jump shooter big for someone so tall.

If it's him vs Reed at 3 (say Risacher and Castle went 1/2 ) it's an argument for sure, I do need to point out that 1. a lot of Amen / Tari / Cam will end up probably playing some 4, at least more so than Tari / Cam will likely play 2, so the minutes factor is a consideration.

I like Reed's feel for the game way more, though I do get that Saar's body type is hard to get and IF it works (that he's a 4 on offense and 5 on defense) it might be more valuable.

 

Less than 1 week before we pick our future flop

 

Reed would be a great complimentary player on an already established team (think Battier or Redick), but not convinced the Rockets can place a star player around him to take over games. We have way too many complimentary players right now without a stud to compliment.

 

If none of Sengun / Green / Amen / Cam / Jabari pops into a star player, no one we draft here or anything we do with the pick would matter either

 

I still maintain the closest thing to a star on this team is Whitmore........he has the drive the others lack IMO..........but the others could prove me wrong I hope...........

 

Not a popular opinion, but after spending some time on it Im going to say that Dillingham would be a better pick for Houston than Sheppard. He is not as good as a shooter, but is still VERY capable in that regard and you lose a little defense, but Dillingham is an infinitely better ball handler, creator and finisher.

 

I don’t understand why I keep reading that the rockets are interested in trading the pick for future draft capital. No matter how weak this draft is, future draft capital will never be a 3rd pick.

 

I voted for him to be the pick, because of his handles, but have come around to Sheppard. I’ll be happy with either one or Sarr if he drops. I would say Sheppard is the better fit when Amen becomes the PG, because Dillingham will need the ball in his hands to be effective.

 

Im not so sure Amen is the future point guard due to his poor handle. His future might be as a wing.

 

He's def not a PG to run an offense in NBA level