We should not go for a big in the draft, but rather..

We trust Morey who will do his job !

 

Paul George is nice, real nice. But where does he get his PT with Ariza, Battier, Martin and Budinger?

 

His stock is rising very quickly. He might not be available by the 14th pick. NBADraft.net has him going to New Orleans with the 11th pick.

 

I imagine we could draft George and move Budinger + Battier/Ariza in a trade for the big man we need.

 

Why??

 

We need a young big man. We don't need another SG/SF. Although it would be nice having George. We would probably be able to get both.

 

Always take the best player available.

I think he will get picked up by either NO, UTAH, or IND.

 

I only say that because the team is almost set except for a legit sized center. Preferably someone 7 ft. tall. I beleive Hill will be backing up Scola. I really wish that Morey would hurry up and jump in the trade talks with G. State that way we would be in a better position to draft a legit big with #6. With #6 we would be in the range of Cousins/Monroe. Both have top 4 draft ratings.

 

We need two EXPERIENCED big men- Bosh to play starting PF
and Brad Miller to play behind Yao Ming.

Ariza, Brooks, Lowery, Hill, Budinger are our up and coming stars and they now have experience, Morey should attempt to keep this group toether.

Older experienced stars are Yao Scola and Martin.

Others available for trades along with all Picks etc....

Battier, Chuck, Andersen, Jefferies, Taylor

Leave it to the Wizard named Morey.....

 

And that is what Morey will do. But I don't know why were even talking about the 14th pick when we all know its very likely the rockets are either moving up or down in this draft based on Morey's history.

 

Size will always win, that's why bigs are so tantalizing. Wings/scorers/athletes are a dime a dozen.

All the elite teams have size and length and plenty of guys who can protect the rim. Right now, the Rockets have none, and there's no telling how effective Yao will be upon his return.

 

I'm sure Morey's thinking goes something like this.

If players of equal grades are on the board, priorities: Center -> PF -> anyone else
If one player is graded way above every other player, take that player.
If no player is graded highly, trade the picks.
If there was some wink-wink deal already in place, pick the guy the other team wants.

You can't pigeonhole yourself into any one kind of thinking. Multiple plans and contingencies must be presented, especially since we do have a fairly high pick, so there's not as much randomness as a low pick.

 

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THIS GUY IS THE REAL DEAL...can we get this guy's draft rights from the freckin Hawks already??? Trust me this is the guy at centre that is the scola at the power forward position...he will become the next scola except he will become him at the Centre position!!!
sign and trade someone or any scrub from our roster for this dude plus 3 million cash and 12312 future second round picks for this guy........believe me its worth it......if that doesnt do enough from hotlanta then battier for marvin williams josh childress and david andersen......that should do it...if not then we just go sign him from europe anyways and if david stern happen to find out then he obviously will make us forfeit all our wins right??? its hell of a win-win situation we'll end up with a 0-82 record on paper and first pick of 2010 here we come!!!

he is the premier big man in Europe of EuroLeague. average in 08-09 season 11.2 points with tremedous shooting percentages...55 percent on his 2 pointers and a fantastic 40.4 percent on his 3's with yao ming-esque free throw percentages...when you factor in the minutes played hes not much worse than luis scola when luis was dominating back in europe with luis' MVP awards coming left and right...

 

To me, it's hard to really say, because DM is likely to make 4-6 trades before summer league. If there's much difference, I really believe in taking the best player. If we can get Wall, we take Wall; if we can get Turner, we take Turner...

Beyond the first few players, though, I doubt there's much difference in ability between the best available and the second best.

But, if we did nothing else but take our draft pick, I'd stick with the bigs we have. The biggest holes we have, IMO, are backup C and backup SG (unless we need to find minutes for Bud). Outside of that, we can upgrade at any position, except starting C, where we have the great Yao Ming (except when he's injured).

So still, IMO, we should take the best deals we can get, regardless of position.

 

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