With the 10th pick in the NBA Draft the Houston Rockets Select...

Dankstronaut · Jun 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6435925/2025/06/20/nba-draft-confidential-bigs-centers-2025/

Collin Murray-Boyles | 6-7 forward/big | 20 years old | South Carolina

College assistant coach No. 4 (his team played South Carolina): I would say I love his game. He was a little bit like Draymond (Green), similar size. Great passer in the short roll. You couldn’t double him because he’d make you pay. Just really hard to guard. Analytically, I had that scout. He was shooting a crazy percentage within three feet of the basket. He shoots such a high percentage and no one can really stop him from getting that close. He’s such a good dribbler and he’s so strong. It just makes him unique. He shot 62 from two on the year. The midrange kind of drew it down a little bit, but when he got close, the ball’s going in, or he’s getting to the free throw line. That, combined with the passing … and the rebounding is elite.

He’s so quick, and has such a good feel for where the ball’s going. There’s some awesome plays, some great defensive plays, where most guys would get a deflection, he’d just catch the ball. They’d throw it right to his hands, and it just, like, sticks. The shooting is the biggest question, but I think he has everything else. … He seems like he’s a great kid, even though they were struggling. He was playing really hard.

College head coach No. 2 (his team played South Carolina): He was a handful. The thing I worry about with him is we didn’t guard him on the perimeter. He’s undersized. If you’re undersized in the NBA, you’ve got to be able to shoot. I look at a guy like Draymond, who could shoot in college. I don’t know if he’ll ever be a respectable enough shooter where you have to guard him. Back in the day, guys used to work to get NBA money. Now they already get NBA money. So I don’t know how hard he’s going to work at shooting. If I’m making $2 million and I’m at South Carolina, I ain’t worrying about shooting. But we couldn’t keep him off the glass. He’s physical. He knows how to score around the rim.

College assistant coach No. 5 (his team played South Carolina): He’s really good positionally, and he’s so strong. So you can never get to your spots. Rebounds. I think the thing is his strength. It’s hard for you to get to where you want to get to. Just trying to get to your plays, he holds you, and he’s so strong. They hedged. He hedges extremely hard, so it makes it hard for you to turn the corner. He does a great job of being able to hard hedge and get back to his guy. They did drop and level at times. But he was more of a hedge guy. He’s got good feet. Very long arms, too, so it’s very hard to throw over the top. He could potentially guard at three, but as far as playing the three, his handle and shot, he’s not there. Obviously, he defends extremely well. He walls up at the rim when you try to score over him. His shooting is not good. But him going over that right shoulder, he’s money down low.
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I think the thing that sold me was his game impact. 6'8" 230+ already. Efficient scorer although the shot is ugly, incredible defender and willing passer. Dude reminds me of Tari kinda. Except Tari can kinda shoot threes but sucks at the rim - CMB sucks at threes and is an auto bucket around the cup. He's a brickhouse too, you just watch other players bounce off of him but he doesn't really move. Per 36 is wild - a hair under 20/10 with a couple/three assist AND a couple/three stocks. Analytics darling for sure. If Amen is going to excel, if one of Tari/Jabari is likely gone after this season - Collin Murray-Boyles is the reload we need.

Little Bit · Jun 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM

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So Keith Pompey (of the 76sers beat) elaborating on why the Ace's 76ers workout was cancelled.

Not making some good first impresisions.

1. Ace's agent Omar Cooper made a demand to the 76ers, which was Ace will workout if 76ers pre-agree to picking him 3rd.

2. So 76ers declined.

The juicy tidbit a historical one. Apparently there was a player's agent in the past, who did this with 76ers, and 76ers agreed. It was Markel Fultz. Pompey said from multiple sources told him that Philly made an arrangement to trade up to #1 to get him, that by the time Fultz came to workout pre-draft, arragements were already made. This was the year Celtics gave Philly their #1, and use the 3rd pick to draft Tatum. Fultz still in the nba, last season with the Kings now (8 min per game).

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I've no idea if Philly will still consider Ace. Hope the guy doesn't drop to 10th. --That some other team pick him before us, because his agent sounds like a pain in the arse to deal with.
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If he drops to us doesn’t mean we have to take him, but I don’t see him falling past 8. The Nets need a young player to build around so they will probably jump all over him.

lionaire · Jun 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM

J.R. said: ↑

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6435925/2025/06/20/nba-draft-confidential-bigs-centers-2025/

Collin Murray-Boyles | 6-7 forward/big | 20 years old | South Carolina

College assistant coach No. 4 (his team played South Carolina): I would say I love his game. He was a little bit like Draymond (Green), similar size. Great passer in the short roll. You couldn’t double him because he’d make you pay. Just really hard to guard. Analytically, I had that scout. He was shooting a crazy percentage within three feet of the basket. He shoots such a high percentage and no one can really stop him from getting that close. He’s such a good dribbler and he’s so strong. It just makes him unique. He shot 62 from two on the year. The midrange kind of drew it down a little bit, but when he got close, the ball’s going in, or he’s getting to the free throw line. That, combined with the passing … and the rebounding is elite.

He’s so quick, and has such a good feel for where the ball’s going. There’s some awesome plays, some great defensive plays, where most guys would get a deflection, he’d just catch the ball. They’d throw it right to his hands, and it just, like, sticks. The shooting is the biggest question, but I think he has everything else. … He seems like he’s a great kid, even though they were struggling. He was playing really hard.

College head coach No. 2 (his team played South Carolina): He was a handful. The thing I worry about with him is we didn’t guard him on the perimeter. He’s undersized. If you’re undersized in the NBA, you’ve got to be able to shoot. I look at a guy like Draymond, who could shoot in college. I don’t know if he’ll ever be a respectable enough shooter where you have to guard him. Back in the day, guys used to work to get NBA money. Now they already get NBA money. So I don’t know how hard he’s going to work at shooting. If I’m making $2 million and I’m at South Carolina, I ain’t worrying about shooting. But we couldn’t keep him off the glass. He’s physical. He knows how to score around the rim.

College assistant coach No. 5 (his team played South Carolina): He’s really good positionally, and he’s so strong. So you can never get to your spots. Rebounds. I think the thing is his strength. It’s hard for you to get to where you want to get to. Just trying to get to your plays, he holds you, and he’s so strong. They hedged. He hedges extremely hard, so it makes it hard for you to turn the corner. He does a great job of being able to hard hedge and get back to his guy. They did drop and level at times. But he was more of a hedge guy. He’s got good feet. Very long arms, too, so it’s very hard to throw over the top. He could potentially guard at three, but as far as playing the three, his handle and shot, he’s not there. Obviously, he defends extremely well. He walls up at the rim when you try to score over him. His shooting is not good. But him going over that right shoulder, he’s money down low.
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Sounds me to like a #tweener

Aruba77 · Jun 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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Sounds me to like a #tweener
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I think he’s one of the safest picks in the draft. You are getting excellent switchable defense, passing, rebounding and elite processing, excellent footwork and inside game. You are not getting shooting but he’s working hard on it. He’s one of the 3 players I’d be okay taking at 10 that are likely available. Even though we need a shooter, he might end up being BPA when we pick. He’s a better prospect than Tari was coming out.

Francis3422 · Jun 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM

I’d dig
CMB
Essengue
Coward
Kon

Most of all. there’s a couple other guys that I wouldn’t necessarily be disappointed about including Jakucionis and Bailey if he were to randomly drop.

9baller · Jun 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Little Bit said: ↑

If he drops to us doesn’t mean we have to take him, but I don’t see him falling past 8. The Nets need a young player to build around so they will probably jump all over him.
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It would be hilarious if we ended up drafting him. He wants guaranteed starter minutes? Okay, head down to the G-league.

ROXTXIA · Jun 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Have the Rockets been working out any prospects in case of trade failure?

PeppermintCandy · Jun 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM

Kasparas Jakucionis, Cedric Coward, or Carter Bryant are the three guys who could be available at #10 and I'd be happy to see Houston pick. Probably in that order.

Collin Murray-Boyles is another name that seems to come up for the #10, but I'm a bit wary of his size and his reported lack of outside shot.

Another really intriguing name is Danny Wolf, but it sounds like he's expected to go much later in the draft.
But I'm getting some Sengun vibes from him, though with less of a post game and with better shooting.

BigMaloe · Jun 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM

Aruba77 said: ↑

I think he’s one of the safest picks in the draft. You are getting excellent switchable defense, passing, rebounding and elite processing, excellent footwork and inside game. You are not getting shooting but he’s working hard on it. He’s one of the 3 players I’d be okay taking at 10 that are likely available. Even though we need a shooter, he might end up being BPA when we pick. He’s a better prospect than Tari was coming out.
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My 3 are, in order, kasparas, bryant, cmb. What are yours?

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With the 10th pick in the NBA Draft the Houston Rockets Select...

With the 10th pick in the NBA Draft the Houston Rockets Select...

Kon Knueppel

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Derik Queen

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Jase Richardson

Collin Murray-Boyles

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