ClutchFans Rockets Draft Thread (Rockets select Luther Head at 24)

Chris Taft

CD will have wanted Diogu he will get taken b4 we get a chance to get him.

I would love to draft Warrick or Simien but I think Warrick's stock is too high and simien is too low.

 

Draftexpress.com is reporting that the rockets maybe trading out of the 1st round with Atlanta, Houston is supposedly targeting Luther Head but might not be on the board at 24 according to his agent Mark Bartelstein. Head will probably be selected in the teens leaving the rockets to select from a crop of raw European small forwards. The hawks are wanting to trade up from#31 to #24 in order to go after Ukic. Also on realgm.com

 

Don't know the quality of this site but draftexpress said there are reports of us trading down with ATL and targeting Luther Head. CD was just on 790 and I caught the end of it. Cahrlie mentioned staying tuned for the 2nd because there could be some action from us. Head would be a solid choice but it seems as if his stock is rising and he may not be there. If we could trade dwon and somehow get an extra 2nd round pick and come away with Head and either Hodge of Lee that would be pretty sweet. If we stay where they are and Taft is there he could be a great fit for us.

 

If the rockets do trade the with Atlanta at #31 I would love to see them take Alan Anderson from Michigan State 6'6 220 or Nate Robinson.

 

What else would we be getting from Atlanta to move down?

 

Its on draftexpress.com and found the article on realgm.com

 

That would explain all the fruitcakes and striped socks we've been drafting.

 

I guess we wouldn't have to deal with a guaranteed contract. Other than that, I don't know. They hardly have anyone under contract:
Al Harrington, Tony Delk, Predrag Drobnjak, Josh Childress, Jason Collier, Josh Smith, Boris Diaw-Riffiod
None of them really make any sense, except for maybe Harrington or Childress.

 

Maybe theyll take Juwon of our hands. I doubt it though but it would be nice.

 

Wayne Simien or Hakim Warrick if he last. Both are good at their respective games. Hakim is like KG and Wayne can be considered the next mailman.

 

I hope we take on of these guys.

1. Ike Diogu
2. Francisco Garcia
3. Wayne Simien
4. Andray Blatche

One of these guys should be available.

 

I'm predicting a Euro which I'm not happy about. As the Rockets have been so tight-lipped and there is no draft party announced, I'm guessing we're going to do what we have done the past two years and draft a player to leave overseas.
This is not what I want, btw, it is what I predict.

 

In a draft with this sort of reported depth, that could be a good move. We could pick up a project like Houstonian Andray Blatche, stash him in the NBDL for a couple years, and resign him for a longer deal if we think he has potential on the cheap (since the pick would have gotten little exposure in the NBDL. I don't know.

Clutch, I could see us trading down for second-rounders. L.A. and Golden State both have two second-round picks apiece in the top third of the second-round.

 

I can't wait for Tomorrow's draft. Too many uncertainties regarding our needs and the kind of players we can get.

 

I think the Eddie Griffin thing set us back several years.

 

Take this for what it is worth.

Of the players that will be available when we pick: my friend likes

Diogu
Nate Robinson
Lee

He said he likes Stoudamire but doesn't think he will be available when we pick. Apparently, he shot lights out when he was in town. He also mentioned that anyone we get in the draft will not make an impact on the team this year.

As for some other issues:

Yao wants Deke back
Yao is going to stay and sign the extension
Moochie, Baker, Ward are gone
He also said Weatherspoon was our 3rd highest paid player. Dont know why he mentioned that. Is that right?
We need a pure point guard
Sura is having surgery

 

Cassel was instant offense but he didn't play the way the Rockets needed him the whole game. He often ball hogged and ignored the team concept.

The team was built around Hakeem to suceed. It was at that time that if Cassel would not have gotten into a groove, then Scotty Brooks would have continued to back up Kenny Smith. Cassell could not be depended on to run a team as a point guard, until later in his career. He was a bit too selfish early in his career (but that was a good thing for a 6th man). Now you look at Cassel and he averages 7 to 8 assists a game. THAT IS WHAT I MEAN, HE GREW INTO HIS ROLE, AND GOT HIS ACT TOGETHER.

Right now James is doing what Cassel did, but the role players aren't around Yao and McGrady for that instant offense to be taken advantage of!

 

ike diogu


i wish we could somehow get nate robinson too...rox should definately try trading for him.

 

Yao Draft Day Photo