[Feigen] Xavier Henry and Paul George Rocket's other 2 picks

I second that on Whiteside. The guy is a slouch and will be a waste of talent. I don't care what you can do or how big you are. If you can't put in the effort in this league, you're going to get your butt kicked by someone who does care.

 

I was hoping for George(personal 1st choice) or Henry at 14, although I wasn't too high on Patterson until after the draft, and started looking at him in detail.

Glad to know Morey's just looking for talents rather than the supposed "back up center" that somehow many fans seem to want.

 

Same in the 2007 draft, people were crying for Rockets to draft big baby Davis because our PF spot back then was the weakest spot. And fans were mad at Morey for drafting Aaron Brooks(including myself), but Rockets addressed their needs in PF by trading for Scola. Turns out Brooks＋Scola is much better than just big baby Davis.

 

I'm not surprised. I thought George was going to be available at 14. I had Henry going to the Grizzlies in my mock draft.
I thought Toronto would pick Patterson. I'm glad Patrick fell to us.

 

Adding Landry with the 31st pick turned out to be a real coup for us too.

 

I agree. I was astonished with Landry's hops in his rookie year, although he lost some of his lift after getting another knee injury. He surprised me again by developing post moves and a beautiful jumper so quickly,and being so confident in the clutch. Hopefully Patterson and Hill will be able to compensate for his loss.

 

why is everyone bashing Whiteside now? bcuz he wasnt selected by us and now yall want to soothe ur disappoinment by hoping hes a bust? I jus dont understand why everyone are insulting his game and piling on him the way u are, grow up a little guys he was picked in the 2nd round let it go its not that important.. I wish him the best I dont wish him to fail thats not cool

 

His attitude killed his value...

DD

 

I think the kings wanted to dump martin as well. Evans + martin was not going to work.

But we really need to address the size issue on this team. The bigger teams just killed us, and counting on yao for the whole is just a drream.

 

true, i jus dont wish him the worst altho he does need an attitude adjustment

 

This might be old and common news, but what's the deal with Whiteside's off the court supposed "baggage" I"m hearing now? I always thought he seemed like a pretty normal guy (as far as sports goes)

 

I like patterson and was deserving of the pick, but it wouldve been good for the rockets to buy the pick daalas bought and drafted whiteside. I say this because taking a guy like whiteside at 25 with his unlimited ceiling and developing him could pay huge dividends. Guys like j oneal were mid to late picks and sat on the bench. Whiteside on the rockets could be in mcallen for a yr maybe even 2 getting reps and learning how to be a pro. Look at a guy like blatche who after jamison was shipped off started putting jp monster numbers. Whiteside has the talent to be like those 2 at their breakout ages. Thats pretty good value at 25 or lower.

 

I guess Morey and his staff know better.... He can be toronto's problem child now. So we can see what he 'develops' into in about 3 years.

 

I thought it was because he wasn't that good.

 

Exactly, let some other team expend their resources to develop him.

 

Isnt that what the d-league is for?

 

Like DeAndre Jordan before him, there was a reason why Whiteside was not taken in the first round but was quickly snatched up in the second round. Given their respective attitudes and allegedly poor work ethic, no team wanted to waste a guaranteed two-year contract (well, let's face it, given how early options must be exercised, it's really at least a three-year guarantee) on someone who might just waste its time.

With a second-round contract, the team has more leverage to make it a "make good" type of deal, where the team can actually exercise an option on his contract AFTER a season rather than a full year before the option year. This way, if he is a bust, they can easily cut ties with him rather than being stuck with a malcontent for a full TWO seasons after realizing he's wasting the team's time.

Personally, I would have liked to see Les pony up the $3M to buy the #31 pick from New Jersey to take Whiteside. His potential is just too enticing for me NOT to pick him. But OKC obviously paid up for that pick to take Tibor Pleiss, so it's not like New Jersey didn't get max value for that pick from elsewhere. I also think that Sacramento having both Demarcus Cousins AND Hassan Whiteside on the same team is a recipe for disaster. Those two knuckleheads may get each other into trouble.