Yessir I like both Rasheer Fleming and Carter Bryant. Honestly would prefer trading down if we can get both these guys.
Ok. I'm sold on Amen so I'm willing to send the #9 and Jalen Green to Detroit for Ausar. You're welcome Detroit.
I was playing, Detroit won't help the Rockets, why should they anyways.... The team that traded the most with the Rockets under Stone are the Atlanta Hawks.
My plan, were I Stone, would be to trade back with Brooklyn. #9 & #59 for #19 & #26. Id then select Rasheer Fleming and Walter Clayton. Both guys would play sparingly (when they weren't at RGV). But would fit perfectly around the core I think.
I like Fleming as a high floor 3&D role player if you get him in the #20s, but I’d rather try and get the single best player with the skill-set we need as opposed to adding two more rookies to a roster bursting with young talent. We’ve got two young lotto talents that can’t get on the floor so it’s gonna be hard for any rookie to get minutes, let alone two rookies. I won’t be disappointed if we trade the pick at #9, but hopefully there’s a good shooter like Tre Johnson or Kon available.
I just like Clayton as an eventual FVV replacement. (Well, Reed is actually the replacement. Clayton is Reeds bavkup.,). Fleming is a small ball 5 that could help keep Adams fresh by soaking up regular season minutes.
I wonder if the Rockets would be glad to trade down and get a player they like later in the draft to save several million dollars over the next few years. Here were the salaries for each pick last year. ___1st Year_______2nd Year______3rd Year 1 $10,474,200 __$10,998,100__ $11,521,700 2 $9,371,400 ____ $9,840,200 __$10,308,900 3 $8,415,800 ____ $8,836,300 ___ $9,257,400 4 $7,587,600 _____$7,967,100___ $8,346,600 5 $6,871,100 _____$7,214,400___ $7,558,000 6 $6,240,600 ____ $6,552,700 ___$6,864,900 7 $5,697,000 _____$5,982,000 ___$6,266,600 8 $5,219,100 _____$5,480,100 ___$5,741,100 9 $4,797,400 _____$5,037,500 ___$5,277,300 10 $4,557,600 ____$4,785,400 ___$5,013,000 11 $4,329,600 ____$4,546,300 ___$4,762,800 12 $4,113,300 ____$4,319,100 ___$4,524,800 13 $3,907,500 ____$4,103,100 ___$4,298,400 14 $3,712,400 ____$3,898,000 ___$4,083,800 15 $3,526,500 ____$3,702,800 ___$3,879,100 16 $3,350,300 ____$3,517,800 ___$3,685,500 17 $3,182,600 ____$3,341,800 ___$3,500,900 18 $3,023,700 ____$3,174,600 ___$3,326,000 19 $2,887,500 ____$3,031,800 ___$3,176,500 20 $2,771,800 ____$2,910,400 ___$3,048,800 21 $2,661,000 ____$2,794,200 ___$2,927,300 22 $2,554,700 ____$2,682,300 ___$2,810,100 23 $2,452,600 ____$2,575,400 ___$2,697,600 24 $2,354,600 ____$2,472,300 ___$2,590,000 25 $2,260,100 ____$2,373,000 ___$2,486,400 26 $2,185,300 ____$2,294,400 ___$2,403,700 27 $2,122,200 ____$2,228,400 ___$2,334,700 28 $2,109,000 ____$2,214,800 ___$2,320,200 29 $2,093,900 ____$2,198,500 ___$2,303,300 30 $2,078,600 ____$2,182,500 ___$2,286,700
Can't wait to see how many years it'll take Udoka to start him while he learns how to play basketball. In the meantime, let's watch the following mythical creature :
Hansen Yang will be gone before 59 for sure. After the draft combine, I believe his value is going up to around #30 or ever above. #10 is defintiely too high for him while #59 is definitely too low. If we want to get him, we need to do it through trade. I wish we could get him. The kid is 7 feet barefoot, last time we had a sevenfooter barefoot who can ball is Yao and Dikembe? The size is legit. What's more special is that he has some insane feels on the court. You don't see these advanced level passes from many 19 years old guards even, not mentioning a 19 years old sevenfooter. He still needs to improve on a lot of areas like strength, conditioning, etc., but a late first round pick or early second round pick to have a try is nice. If we let Jock go, I think he could be a perfect 3rd option as center.
