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[ClutchFans] Podcast: Rockets avoid OKC trap, land #2 pick of NBA Draft

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Jun 23, 2021.

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  1. ElPigto

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    If it falls in the top 20, the Rockets keep their pick.
     
    #41 ElPigto, Jun 25, 2021
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    It's just better not to compare anyone to Kevin Durant
     
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    Which way you leaning DD? Mobley or Green?
     
    #43 DCHAMP, Jun 25, 2021
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    Whichever way we want the opposite. He's literally always wrong. Hopefully he wants Mobley because I want Green
     
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  5. Clutch

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    Just a heads up that the 2025 pick swap is top 10 protected, not top 20. Another bonus is OKC also has an unprotected swap that year with the LA Clippers and they can only swap with one team.

    So if the Rockets had the 11th pick but the Clippers were 10th or higher, the Thunder would swap with LAC and Houston would keep their pick.

    This of course is assuming that the Thunder are better than one or both of those teams, which is by no means a safe assumption.
     
    #45 Clutch, Jun 26, 2021
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    How does the 2024-2026 picks affect our ability to trade/protect our 2021-2023 picks? I am assuming we can't trade the 2023 pick, but if we were to trade the 2022 pick I am assuming we can only protect it for 1 year?
     
    #46 xaos, Jun 28, 2021
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    Because the Rockets own the Bucks' unprotected 2023 first rounder, they are free to trade their 2023 pick. Otherwise, it would be a violation of the Stepien Rule.
     
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    3.5 more weeks…
     
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    I honestly don't care, happy with either.

    DD
     
    #49 DaDakota, Jul 6, 2021
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    Now we have to get Suggs.
     
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    Good choice but people are not high on him.
     
    #51 daywalker02, Jul 7, 2021
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    Here’s a look at who the latest mocks have going to the Rockets at each spot.

    #2

    Jalen Green — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle (July 9)
    Jalen Green — Bryan Kalbrosky, For The Win (July 9)
    Jalen Green — Zach Harper, The Athletic (July 9)
    Evan Mobley — Tankathon (July 9)
    Jalen Green — NBADraft.net (July 9)
    Jalen Green — Cody Taylor, Rookie Wire (July 8)
    Evan Mobley — BasketballNews.com (July 8)
    Jalen Suggs — Matt Norlander, CBS Sports (July 8)
    Evan Mobley — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports (July 7)
    Jalen Green — Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report (July 7)
    Evan Mobley — Kyle Boone, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Jalen Suggs — Gary Parrish, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Evan Mobley — Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Cade Cunningham — Jason McIntyre, Fox Sports (July 5)


    #23

    Tre Mann — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle (July 9)
    JT Thor — Bryan Kalbrosky, For The Win (July 9)
    Alperen Sengun — Zach Harper, The Athletic (July 9)
    Cameron Thomas — Tankathon (July 9)
    Trey Murphy — NBADraft.net (July 9)
    Cameron Thomas — Cody Taylor, Rookie Wire (July 8)
    Jaden Springer — BasketballNews.com (July 8)
    Herbert Jones — Matt Norlander, CBS Sports (July 8)
    Jalen Johnson — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports (July 7)
    Isaiah Jackson — Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report (July 7)
    Sharife Cooper — Kyle Boone, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Sharife Cooper — Gary Parrish, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Alperen Sengun — Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Tre Mann — Jason McIntyre, Fox Sports (July 5)


    #24

    Jaden Springer — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle (July 9)
    Sharife Cooper — Bryan Kalbrosky, For The Win (July 9)
    Trey Murphy — Zach Harper, The Athletic (July 9)
    Ayo Dosunmu — Tankathon (July 9)
    Jaden Springer — NBADraft.net (July 9)
    Nah’Shon ‘Bones’ Hyland — Cody Taylor, Rookie Wire (July 8)
    Usman Garuba — BasketballNews.com (July 8)
    Day’Ron Sharpe — Matt Norlander, CBS Sports (July 8)
    Jared Butler — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports (July 7)
    JT Thor — Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report (July 7)
    Jalen Johnson — Kyle Boone, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Jeremiah Robinson-Earl — Gary Parrish, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Sharife Cooper — Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports (July 6)
    Kai Jones — Jason McIntyre, Fox Sports (July 5)


    https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/li...erts-have-houston-picking-in-the-first-round/
     
    #52 jim1961, Jul 10, 2021
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  13. Verbal Christ

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    Makes me wonder how much ACTUAL work some of the writers at these mock sites do! So many SG/PG combos with the 20's picks - even with guys like Kai Jones and Trey Murphy on the board (tankathon mock)??? I dont know.

    I can live with a Mobley/Cam Thomas pairing as I feel Cam may be the next pure scorer in this draft next to Jalen Green, I just dont think Ayo at 24 after those two maximizes things for Houston. If it would have been mocked Kai or Murphy AFTER going Mobley/Cam then it makes more sense. Even some Jalen Green at 2 mocks have ROX taking PGs as if THAT is the move to compliment Green! LOL

    Sounds like someone else is noticing too!

     
    #53 Verbal Christ, Jul 12, 2021
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