- Fans expecting a superstar should ice their expectations, especially if your pick is out of the top 5. Of the 180 picks from 6 – 14, only 7 turned into superstars (4%). - On the other side, 77 players selected from 6 – 14 turned into bench players or busts (43%). Clyde Drexler was a 14th pick way back. Maybe we can hope for that.[/QUOTE] Well with the present draft strategy we have about a % chance of getting a super star each year (perhaps less since we don't get the some what better 7 to 13 picks). It has been awhile since statistics, but I know it isn't quite this simple, so in 25 years we should draft a superstar. Clyde was drafted about 25 years ago.
He looked like an athlete who would never develop a decent jumper. Clyde was mainly a rebounder and dunker in college.
Damn, I totally forgot Drexler was taken so late. For some reason, I had it in my head that he was taken right after McCray. I guess because of all the talk about us passing on him to take McCray. Hard to believe some guy named Ennis Whatley was taken before him. Dude played 10 years in the league....for 7 different teams. LOL.
Michael Dickerson in 1998 was a good solid pick by the Rockets. He played on the 1997 NCAA Championship team from Arizona with Mike Bibby, Jason Terry, and Miles Simon. The kid could really play but alas, after one season with the Rox, he was traded to Vancouver for the Stevie Franchise pick.
Well, at least we might be able to say that PPat was the best player available Assets?! I guess Morey is not the only one.
I was just thinking about Mateen Cleaves the other day. He was so fun to watch in college. What happened to that guy?
From 1998 to 2008, there was at least one All-Star player that was drafted 14th or beyond. It's completely feasible that the Rockets can draft a great (although, probably not superstar) player.
He was athletic but didn't have a jump shot in college. Back then, teams were wary of drafting underclassmen.
