A slightly different approach on mock drafting. Rank the draft prospects in order of who you'd want the Rockets to draft most, from #1 down to #14 (or whatever number you want to stop at). This way, we take into account the possibility of trading up as high as #1, or trading down in the draft. Everyone is evaluated for much you want them for the Rockets. Here's an easy-to-cut-and-paste list of the prospects Clutch has put up: Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C Armstrong, Hilton 6-11 PF/C Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF Collins, Mardy 6-6 PG/SG Diaz, Guillermo 6-2 PG Douby, Quincy 6-3 SG Foye, Randy 6-3 PG Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF O'Bryant, Patrick 7-0 C Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG Roby, Richard 6-6 SG Rondo, Rajon 6-2 PG Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG Simmons, Cedric 6-10 PF Splitter, Tiago 7-0 PF Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF Williams, Shawne 6-9 SG/SF And here's my 14: 1. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 2. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 3. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 4. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 5. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 6. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 7. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 8. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 9. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 10. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 11. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 12. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 13. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 14. O'Bryant, Patrick 7-0 C
1. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 2. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 3. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 4. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 5. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 6. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 7. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 8. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 9. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 10. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 11. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 12. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 13. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 14. O'Bryant, Patrick 7-0 C
1. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 2. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 3. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 4. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 5. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 6. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 7. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 8. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 9. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 10. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 11. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 12. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 13. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 14. O'Bryant, Patrick 7-0 C
1. Gay 2. Roy 3. Thomas 4. Aldridge 5. Bargnani 6. Morrison 7. Brewer 8. Carney 9. Ager 10. Marcus Williams 11. Redick 12. Foye 13. Shawne Williams 14. Sheldon Williams
1. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 2. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 3. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 4. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 5. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 6. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 7. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 8. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 9. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 10. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 11. Splitter, Tiago 7-0 PF 12. O'Bryant, Patrick 7-0 C 13. Williams, Shawne 6-9 SG/SF 14. Simmons, Cedric 6-10 PF
1. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 2. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 3. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 4. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 5. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 6. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 7. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 8. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 9. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 10. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 11. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 12. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 13. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 14. O'Bryant, Patrick 7-0 C __________________
1. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 2. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 3. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 4. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 5. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 6. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 7. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 8. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 9. Simmons, Cedric 6-10 PF 10. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 11. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 12. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 13. Rondo, Rajon 6-2 PG 14. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 15. Williams, Shawne 6-9 SG/SF 16. Douby, Quincy 6-3 SG 17. Collins, Mardy 6-6 PG/SG The rest, in no particular order: Armstrong, Hilton 6-11 PF/C Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF Diaz, Guillermo 6-2 PG O'Bryant, Patrick 7-0 C Roby, Richard 6-6 SG Splitter, Tiago 7-0 PF
Good idea ! 1 Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 2 Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 3 Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 4 Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 5 Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 6 Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 7 Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 8 Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 9 Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 10 Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 11 Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 12 Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 13 Rondo, Rajon 6-2 PG 14 Collins, Mardy 6-6 PG/SG
1. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 2. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 3. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 4. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 5. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 6. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 7. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 8. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 9. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 10. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 11. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 12. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 13. Rondo, Rajon 6-2 PG 14. Simmons, Cedric 6-10 PF 15. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF
Great idea! 1 Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 2 Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 3 Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 4 Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 5 Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 6 Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 7 Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 8 Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 9 Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 10 Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 11 Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 12 Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG I'd like to wait and see how Bargnani works out. If he really seems like the real deal it's a no brainer IMO. If he's questionable, I'd drop him to 7 or 8 because I also think he is most likely to be a bust. He, Gay and maybe Aldridge are the only two in this draft I see as potential superstars in 3-4 years.
1. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 2. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 3. Simmons, Cedric 6-10 PF 4. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 5. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 5. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 6. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 7. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 8. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 9. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 10. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 11. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 12. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 13. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 14. Rondo, Rajon 6-2 PG
1. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 2. Williams, Shelden 6-9 PF 3. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 4. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 5. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 6. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 7. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 8. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 9. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 10. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 11. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 12. Williams, Shawne 6-9 SG/SF 13. Splitter, Tiago 7-0 PF 14. Simmons, Cedric 6-10 PF
1) Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 2) Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 3) Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 4) Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 5) Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 6) Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF 7) Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 8) Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF (Higher but have issues w workouts & contract buyout). 9) Williams, Shawne 6-9 SG/SF 10) Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 11) Splitter, Tiago 7-0 PF 12) Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 13) Simmons, Cedric 6-10 PF 14) Collins, Mardy 6-6 PG/SG
1. Thomas, Tyrus 6-9 PF 2. Bargnani, Andrea 7-0 SF/PF 3. Brewer, Ronnie 6-7 SG 4. Gay, Rudy 6-9 SF 5. Morrison, Adam 6-8 SF 6. Roy, Brandon 6-5 SG 7. Aldridge, LaMarcus 6-11 PF/C 8. Williams, Marcus 6-3 PG 9. Rondo, Rajon 6-2 PG 10. Foye, Randy 6-3 PG 11. Fernandez, Rudy 6-6 SG 12. Ager, Maurice 6-5 SG 13. Redick, J.J. 6-4 SG 14. Carney, Rodney 6-7 SF