[CHRONIC] ''He checked all the boxes for us. We're just ecstatic about this pick.''

Well this makes me feel a bit better!

 

I understand you draft the best player you can get...

But it seems we have a lot of undersized guys at the 4 already. I don't think we're planning to move Scola.

Yao, Scola, Hill, Hayes, and now Pat.

 

You hear that Cousins fanboys? He was never a Morey pick, and we sure as hell weren't going to give up any valuable asset to draft his lazy ass.

I called the Patterson pick from the beginning and I'm very happy we landed him. He's going to suprise everyone here

 

I'm shocked that the Rockets would say that. No, really, I mean it, positively shocked.

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It didn't stop them from drafting Dorsey.

 

One or even two of our PFs are being moved. I think Hill is the odd man out.

 

Other 29 teams are saying the same thing about their drafts...

 

exacly what i think of Patterson... only i thought we have to trade up to maybe #10~#11 to get him... what a lucky day for the Rockets! and still some ppl crying loud here about he's undersized and that they want Cole Aldrich? thank god we have DM as our GM i think Patterson has the potential to be as good as Elton Brand (pre-injuried)... well at least a 18/9/1.5 guy

 

Not sure about that. Hill isn't exactly a hot commodity. Why move him for what? Unless we're getting a pretty good wing man and I seriously doubt that.

The only reason you'd move Hill is if you were getting Bosh or something.

With Yao being a question mark in terms of what he can bring, it may just be that they are looking for some depth in the front court but I would have thought size mattered a lot here.

Another possibility is just that they are grooming him for the future when Hayes is gone.

 

Or if you want to keep in step with Morey's comments on our pick not going to be seeing big minutes, perhaps its Jefferies with his expiring contract on the way out- leaving us:

Scola/Hill/Patterson
Yao/Hayes

Nothing wrong with that at all. I'm quite happy with it in fact.

 

haha.... we're stacked at the PF position... time for a trade.... for Bosh.

 

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This all the way

 

Hill isn't undersized at PF. He is 6'10.25". Scola is 6'9". Jared Jeffries is 6'11". Pat is 6'9". Most starting PFs are 6'8" to 6'10".

 

Hill is a center more than a 4. Jeffries too.

If you are 6-8, you're considered undersized. 6-9 is borderline. Really 6-10 is where you'd want a PF to be at for a competitive team. It's no coincidence that both Boston and L.A. had very tall big men.

Scola is a small 6'9" - what i mean by that he doesn't really get high up so he really will have trouble blocking / changing shots and offensive rebounding. He's not like Dennis Rodman who just knew were to go and how to use his long arms to tip boards to himself. And he's not a Karl Malone who just out muscles people for the best position to get boards.

I'm not saying this is a bad pick. Just not sure who it will help us in the short term. Long term maybe. Short term - no.

 

Honestly, who would you have picked at the 14 then? Patterson was the BPA and we were lucky he actually fell to us.

 

Hey everyone, tell me again, how tall was Hakeem?





. . . . . Exactly. You can't teach height, but it doesn't make up for everything. I'm more excited about Hill developing anyways. And Whiteside, that kid is many years from being productive. Get over it.

 

Hakeem was 6'10" barefoot and 6'11" shoes. Many teams fielded centers at 6'10-7'0" centers. Hakeem was not undersized. His standing reach and wingspan were one of the best.

 

You're crazy if you think PP can't contribute meaningful minutes in his rookie year, the guy is one of the most NBA ready prospects in the draft. Height doesn't matter in your performance, it has to with standing reach and wingspan. Do you see Gasol and Bynum blocking shots with their heads?

In terms of wingspan and reach PP has more than enough in the PF position. He's not gonna be a Gasol...however what do you expect at the 14th spot? A lot of guys look "smaller" but performed really well in the league due to long arms, among them Carlos Boozer and Elton Brand. Getting PP actually enables Hill to move to the center spot. I would have loved for us to have gotten Alabi, but everybody freezed us out.

 

Not true. Generally teams talk about athleticism, workout numbers, etc. Cliched stuff. But the Rockets obviously do their homework and provide very tangible concepts that they use to grade out a player. They may be right, or they may be wrong. But at least they have something more than what you can just read on draftexpress.