RealGM: Houston Rockets Draft Preview

I just hope we buy a second rounder nab one of those sleeper 7 footers.

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

i guess theyre not listing picks that we aquired through trade???
Landry....

 

Why didn't they include Rudy Gay or Carl Landry?

 

14 sanders
second round varnado
trade budinger&cash for 17th elliot williams

two guys that block shots the best in country

i would have listed whiteside but hear his attitude is like eddie griffin

 

this is pretty sad

2001: Eddie Griffin, 7th
2000: Jason Collier, 15th

 

There someone goes again, talking about need instead of talent. Daryl Morey does not draft on need.

Plus, aren't RealGM articles invalid sources around here?

 

If this were *news* or even *rumors*, then yes, it would be considered crap....and after reading the article itself (which they claim was written by their own guy, so doesnt need to have its link questioned) I still consider it crap for what it doesnt say rather than what it does....but I guess it isnt a bad overview for those that dont keep up with the Rockets like we do.


It isnt much worse than reading brian_chapman running around tryin to pass off his opinions and whatever random speculation he has read on other forums as true facts.

 

The Heat are willing to sell the 18th pick to save cap space, http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AlE7.D9hlwBP2xOgKUmmbkC8vLYF?slug=aw-draftbuzz062210 - any chance we could buy it and then trade 14 and 18 for something higher?

 

He's pretty much right on about everything, but nobody toward the middle of the draft order really drafts based on pure need, you figure out the guys you want and then you try to go out and see if you can get them, if not... You take the best available talent.

No clearer evidence of this than Morey taking Aaron Brooks back in 07.

Morey passes on a skilled big in Glen Davis and takes the lowly-tauted Aaron Brooks, adding a 4th PG to the mix. Then trades up for Carl Landry, who turns out to be a better player than Davis anyway.

Then people scream bloody murder that we didn't land a "sleeper stud" like Nick Fazekas or Josh McRoberts, instead opting for Landry who showed very little in terms of workout production and for all intents and purposes looked like a complete scrub in preseason and in the summer league and training camps.

So what did we learn kiddies? Assets over upside. Always assets over upside. Proven Talent > Potential. Thats the Daryl Morey system.

 

Potential? what potential? AKA fans' wild dream ? AKA throw your money on the gambling table and hope you win?

 

That, and that Daryl Morey is pretty much smarter than any of us. Anyone he picks is likely to be the best player available FO REALZ.

 

Our 2000 and 2001 picks are both dead. Man, you can't have much worse luck than that. Honestly, that list is a blueprint for how not to win a championship. It's painful to even read.

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The 18th is a bad spot, first round cash and nothing but leftovers to choose from.

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I think DM doesn't draft the BPA, he drafts by value, and I think that's what makes his drafting so good. Rather than going by conventional wisdom and taking guys that were rumored to the be the BPA (aka Glen Davis, Nick Fazekas etc.), he goes ahead and takes a pg whose skillset (good speed, lights out shooting) is extremely valuable in the league. Same thing with the Batum draft. Considering they traded for Greene they must have thought that although Greene might be a better player, taking Batum allows them to get a free asset aside from just Batum (i.e. Dorsey).

 

I don't know. Brooks wasn't really any good from the get go, it took him a few years to develop in to a really good player. Carl Landry and Buddinger would probably fall into this category.