This is not to say Collier is a bad pick or player, but over the years Rudy and CD seem to pluck guys from nowhere and select them to be Rockets, the obvious examples are Horry, Cassell, Mobley, Drew, Turkan, Dickerson, Kenny T, Collier and Langhi. In other words who will be the unknown that the Rockets will pick?? So who will be the guy this year that makes everyone go "What we draft him!!!!!!!!!" and will then have the fans waiting to see if the perform of Fail. History would also say there is a fair chance the Rockets will draft a College senior, is there a College Senior in the Draft that is an unknown that will make the fans go WHAT!!!!! Who are the players that play for tiny schools in bizarre leagues or where are the players that have dropped from fame due to injury, team failure or off court problems. Or will the Rockets Shock us all by bucking their own recent trends and draft a High School player??? Smeg ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
Get ready for a heavy dose of Eric Chenowith Smegg ------------------ [This message has been edited by tacoma park legend (edited June 21, 2001).]
This is no laughing matter. I'm scared to death we're going to draft the first Cambodian player or something. Please Rudy... just make it a name we've at least heard of. ------------------ "I had mine chewed off by a boss one time." -- Behad leaves us wondering if he gets hazard pay...
I wasn't laughing either they done this so regularly, we need to serach the lists of everyone nominated find the guy from smallest school, league, overseas contry and that's our man. Smeg PS Please tell me there isn't a Cambodian player nominated ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
Here's some possible contestants... Kimani Ffriend Luis Scola! Lee Scruggs Our good friend Ognjen Askrabic Benji Eze ------------------
what about Karim Shabazz (7-2 225 C Providence) and he's a senior ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
and if we got Shabazz, we could get Ricky Martin to sing at home games with the song Shabazz, Shabazz........ ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
or Ruben Boumtje Boumtje 7-0 257 C Georgetown ^Sr. http://nbadraft.net/profiles/rubenboumtjeboumtje.htm he's the recap Has excellent athleticism and quickness. Very inconsistent. Still developing overall game. Trying to live up to the Georgetown center tradition (Ewing, Mourning, Mutombo) will not be spoken in the same breath with them but with discipline could become a nice center in the league. And he's from Cameroon (nearly Cambodia) ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
me think Lazaros Papadopoulos 7-0 227 C Iraklis (Greece) 1980 is also a strong possibility ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
nah TPL think positive about Shabazzz ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft [This message has been edited by SmeggySmeg (edited June 21, 2001).]
Personally, I think the "surprises" have already been figured out by Rockets fans for this year's draft. The two I think would be surprises to a lot of people are Vlad Radman at #13, and TRock at #23. Vlad was the Rockets secret for a while, according to Pops, but he had other stellar workouts, and his secret reached the mainstream. TRock is not projected to even get drafted by many "experts", so it would be a Collieresque pick for us if we took Morris at #23. To a lot of us Rocket fans who are high on TMo, it would not be unexpected, or even ill-advised. But to all the ignorant NBC NBA commentators grading everyone's draft, that move will be controversial. I would love to have TMo as our Collier pick, and I think that by the end of next season, we will be extending his nickname from TRock to TRocket. ------------------ Feeling claustrophobic, like the walls are closing in. Blood stains on my hands, and I don't know where I've been. I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got to yet. I'm chomping at the bit, and my palms are getting wet. Sweating Bullets Runnin', Ravin', Endin', Out. [This message has been edited by RunninRaven (edited June 21, 2001).] [This message has been edited by RunninRaven (edited June 21, 2001).]
no way Raven, if Morris is our Collier pick then why is everyone round here so hot on him. Name one poster last year that was hot on Collier and said the rockets will draft him!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
Shabazzz is 225? This makes the chance of the Rockets drafting him all the more likely. ------------------
time to Shabazz up my Mock draft ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
This is such a depressing topic made even more depressing by the fact that some of these projections could become realities. ------------------
That was my point, Smeg. It would not be a Collier pick from the viewpoint of some Rocket's fans... but to the commentators at the draft, it will certainly be a Collier pick, because no one expects him to go 1st round, and some don't expect him to get drafted at all. ------------------ Feeling claustrophobic, like the walls are closing in. Blood stains on my hands, and I don't know where I've been. I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got to yet. I'm chomping at the bit, and my palms are getting wet. Sweating Bullets Runnin', Ravin', Endin', Out.
A Collier pick is something that shocks (or Rocks) the CC.net BBS ------------------ "The things I enjoy most, I suck at: 1) Sex: everything's fine until she makes noises." - Achebe Smegs Mock Draft
Okay, this should shock everyone. The Rockets swap picks to move up & also acquire a second round pick, to pick this kid. http://nba.com/draft2001/playerfiles/ismaila_sy.html;$sessionid$RQ54Q4UAEI2FFFMDAYRSFEY?_requestid=405389 I'm going out on a limb & guaranteeing that we'll acquire at least one second round pick. After all, what would a Rocket's draft be without Rudy's second round sleeper? ------------------
I agree with the posters who point out that TRock may be the Collieresque pick this year. It is more when the Rockets pick someone the commentators simply cannot understand, than when they fake out us. I think we do a pretty good job of anticipating the possibilities. When it comes to TRock, we are a handful of people who (1) understand the Francis connection, and (2) pour over every detail of the draft like we had a final exam coming. When the Rockets picked Thomas, it did not surprise me. It did not surprise me when they picked Pryzbilla, but it did surprise me when they swapped and got Collier. It did not surprise me when they picked Najera, but it did when they swapped him for Langhi. I never saw that coming. Because of the three picks and the inability to distinguish talent between 10-25 well, this draft means there may be no surprises, at least to this group. Now watch Rudy jump up and bite me in the A$$. ------------------ Some days you eat the bear. Some days the bear eats you.
