Regardless of draft position, who would you rather have as the SF for the Rockets? I haven't heard about Woods' defense. Anybody have some info on that front? Can one pass on the 'next McGrady'? Is Butler's defense as good as advertised? I have no cable or satelitte right now so I haven't seen any of these guys play. I've heard little about Jeffries in this BBS but nbadraft.net has him going higher than Butler. Is it Butler's defensive edge that draws the posters to him over the Hoosier star?
As one newbie to another, I think you have this posted in the wrong forum. But, that said, we will need a top five pick to get Woods whereas a #9 to #14 will be needed for the other two. And even as sweet as drafting Woods would be, we still need help at center so we would then have to figure out how to draft Stoudemire (assuming Ming is gone by our draft position) -- not Marcus and certainly not Borchardt. Thumbs up to CD if he can get both Woods and Stoudemire!
Maybe but the forum does say 'Game Action & <b>Roster Moves</b>'. I don't see why Ming threads have anymore merit to be in this forum than this. The chances of drafting one of these guys vs Ming are very substantial.
Any of the three, really. I have soften my stance against going for a SF. I would still put KT at SF and let Butler come off the bench for him. They are the same height so height should not be problem. He can do the driving that KT can but has more range on the jump shot. The two other guys would be great additions as well. I am really more concerned about getting Amare.
Please,Rockets,please don't take Jeffries! It would be sad if we take Jeffries over Butler or Wilcox! He's too soft and doesn't fit in our system because he has a bad d and doesn't run fast breaks well!We need a SF who is agressive,can run a fast break and plays good d!If we have the 3rd pick (ok,unrealistic) I would take Woods!
If we have the chance we have to go after Woods. I am curious to find out if he is as good as advertised, but if he is close then we have our starters for the next 6-7 seasons and their reserves. If we can keep this team together we would be one really talented, deep team. Francis/Mooch Mobley/Torres Woods/Morris EG/MoT Cato/a body over 6'10, 245 (Marcus or Haislip?)
With our first pick, we go after Butler over Woods, based entirely on the fact that I have never seen Woods play and I saw Butler play several games in the tournament. It seems like Butler is more NBA-ready, having attended a solid D-1 program for 2 years. I don't wanna be waiting around like the Celts are with Kedrick Brown. Then we cross our fingers that Toronto closes the season as they should and we end up with the 14. If Stoudemire is still around at 14, grab him. That would give us this starting lineup in 4 or 5 years (assuming we can hang onto all of them and Stoudemire doesn't fizz out) PG - Francis SG - Mobley SF - Butler PF - Griffin/Stoudemire C - Stoudemire/Griffin Would the Rockets groom Stoudemire to play the 5? I think he certainly has the body although I think he's only 6'10". What do yall think are the chances that Stoudemire is still there at 14? Are there that many question marks surrounding his game?
Amare will not be there at 14. In fact once we go through workouts, it may be that he goes in the top 7.
You're right! I was just looking at the number of posts and not at the inception date. My bad. Hey, I'm just an all thumbs newbie trying to help out what I thought was another newbie.
Is anybody else afraid of what Rudy (& CD) will do? With Griffin, it seems they are finally getting away from picking the best senior available. If Jefferies has a good workout, I would not be shocked to see the Rockets take him. Outside of Griffin, the Rockets always seem to shock the entire league with their draft choices.
I'm intrigued too with Woods and voted for him. Can we fans wait another season for a less developed player to be thrown into the fire again? I can if Steve and Griffin take it up a notch next season, plus the additions of 2 big body's in Mo T and Toronto's pick(hopefully). The team still has a few options at SF and I feel TMo could do a solid job at the SF spot until Woods is ready. Plus there's Rice The talent of this franchise would be amazing with the addition of Woods. I still want to know about his defense. Does ANYBODY know about Woods defensive ability?
Without question, Caron Butler. See the DaneB thread for the reason why...aw, what the hell, I'll cut and copy part of my post from there to here: Therefore, if Ming is unavailable, I would want the Rockets to get Caron Butler. I don't care how many 3's we have...Butler is a freaking athlete..plain and simple & you don't pass up on those types. Dude has better shooting touch outside than TMo or Kenny (but not as good as Eddie - but I still think that EG will wind up being a 4 regardless of what he thinks), is an explosive player to the basket - something we are definitely lacking from this postion, could play inside if needed, i.e. has the potential to be one of the best "post-up" 3's in the league, and I feel he would be a very good defender. I really can't see the argument of passing on him because when you have a chance to get an athlete like a Caron Butler, you better have a damn good reason for passing on him. Saying that you are relying on Glen Rice to recover from his injury so that he can be the "starter" is NOT a good excuse/answer.
Deja Vu. Just read them back to back Looking for an athlete? Sounds like Woods is every bit of an athlete Butler is, no?
But Greg, I believe that Caron is a little more polished as a basketball player mainly because he has played against Big East competition where Woods played against JC competition. But to be fair to Woods, I haven't seen him play, so he may be just as good or better than Butler, but I really like Caron.
Fair enough Manny. Honestly I'm without cable right now, let alone satellite, so I haven't seen either play. Right now, I learn about these kids from reading rather than observation. I'm just trying to pick apart your thought process for my better understanding. Thx for the use of your brain
JEFFERIES NOOOO!!!! The guy is a chump. Either Butler or Woods would be a very good choice. I'm a firm believer that a team should draft the best player on the board and in this circumstance, a 3 is what we need. There are no centers, other than Ming, that could warrant our early pick, so Woods and C-But would be proper. One question. Isn't Butler like 6'6"? Would he be able to guard the Rashards and the Dirks in this league, or should he be put at the number 2 spot behind Cat?
