Houston Rockets draft prognosis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SportsTicker HOUSTON ROCKETS (43-39) Selections: 44 Returnees: Gs Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley, Moochie Norris; Fs Eddie Griffin, Glen Rice, Maurice Taylor; Cs Yao Ming, Kelvin Cato Prominent free agents: G-F James Posey Assets: Stevie Franchise Francis may have the flashy nickname, but Yao became the team's unofficial franchise player last season with his strong rookie campaign. Francis is no slouch either, and backcourt mate Mobley is a big-time player as well. Needs: The club has talent at forward, but Griffin, Rice and Taylor have largely been disappointments with the Rockets. Griffin looks like a tweener neither a 3 nor a 4 while Rice is on his last legs due to his age and health and Taylor has been inconsistent. Re-signing free agent Posey, who was obtained for Kenny Thomas last season, is key. Options: The Rockets are rumored to be exploring trades this summer that would involve mainly Mobley and Rice, but Griffin and Taylor are expendable as well. The team knows that its current draft situation will not provide much improvement Houston only has the 44th selection. The Rockets have not conducted many pre-draft workouts as a result, but some of the prospects who have visited the club include UCLA F Jason Kapono, UCLA, Beaumont Ozen HS C Kendrick Perkins and Georgetown C Wesley Wilson. The braintrust says: You're only a hot coach when you're not coaching. When you're coaching, everybody gets to see your warts. newly hired coach Jeff Van Gundy on the attention he received this offseason from NBA teams
i just realized what a horrible article this is. doesn't give much new info, aside from us working out jason kapono and wesley wilson. oh well. i hadn't seen it posted yet...and it just hit espn today, so i figured i'd bring it over here. nice incomplete sentence to end the "prognosis".
