With the 14th pick in the NBA draft, the Houston Rockets select...

I think this is the only way that doesn't involve luck. Though, I'd rather be lucky than good.

Some people like to say that Morey hasn't made progress, but he is getting roughly the same results, while making the team younger, and under the salary cap.

We do need that defensive center, and a 2-4 defensive specialist would be nice, but upgrading every position, every chance we get, without taking on bad contracts, is a pretty smart strategy. We'll get that superstar sooner or later.

 

Hamilton is fools gold. Maybe slightly better than Chase, but not by much. Not worth the 14th pick.

 

I think Chris Singleton is worth more the 14th than Hamilton.

 

How do u know its the 14th pick. we can get lucky and get something higher.

 

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Just being realistic.

 

You are aware of the concept of "draft tiers", aren't you?

If you have a player who is clearly a cut above all other players on the board, you take that player, no matter what (barring a trade).

If you have several players all ranked evenly on your board, THEN you rank the players within that tier based on positional need.

NEVER take a player who fills a positional need from a lower tier over any player from a higher tier.

 

That rule can be dangerous. Its one of the reasons we passed on Deandre Jordan

Their where other factors that made alot of teams pass on him but the fact still remains he is tall and athletic and we had a chance to draft with with little risk on our end and we did not.

I honestly think that if Morey misses on another big in this up coming draft Les will Can him At the end of that season.

I don't want him fired but I think Les's patience is running thin.

 

As far as the tier system goes, ESPN had Patterson in one of their lower tiers last draft. Wouldn't put too much into them.

 

That wasn't a Morey move. Stop making stuff up.

 

Yes, it was. The whole "Adelman picked him" is made up.

Anyways, I think we need to pick a good wing defender in this draft. A young Shane Battier clone would be perfect.

 

being realistic aint the way to go on here...

 

Stop being a troll, Mr. Choke:

Admiration from afar key to selection of Brooks

Year off allowed Adelman to size up Rockets' new guard

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4934088.html

 

I really like this guy, he is hands down the best wing defender in this draft. He is compared to Luc mbah a moute. I would be really happy if we walk away with Biyombo and Kawhi Leonard or Noguiera and Singleton.

 

Did you read the article, or just the title (which is often tacked on by an editor after the author submits the article)?

Dean Cooper was the director of scouting for the Rockets when we made the pick. I'll give him the credit.

 

It would be better if we could get a small forward who is an athletic ball handler,shooter/defender. We need a replacement for Battier and Bud. Bud could then be used as trade bait. This isn't likely to happen with our picks unfortunately.

 

What does that have to do with anything? Last time I checked, Daryl Morey and the Rockets' front office were allowed to have a different draft board (including tiers) from ESPN.

Making stuff up???

Was Morey the GM when that move was made? Yes.

Is it Morey's job to have final say on personnel moves such as draft picks? Yes.

Then it was a Morey move. Rick Adelman wanted to draft the kid? Wonderful. Morey doesn't need to be the guy who first thought up the notion of valuing Aaron Brooks as a first round prospect. But it was his final decision, and he made it.

So, YOU stop "making stuff up" by claiming that a GM doesn't make decisions after processing input from his coach, scouts, owner and other front office personnel.

 

How about both sides stop trying to assign credit to one singular person? It was a group effort to select Aaron Brooks, in which Adelman played a key role. The front office (+Adelman) deserves credit, not one singular person.

 

Don't ask stupid questions.

So you're agreeing that it wasn't Morey's move. Great. If you don't think Adelman influenced that pick, then you need to get your head out of the ground.

Yes, making stuff up.

Lol, is this the best you can do? I know it's not in your dna to say anything critical of Morey, but c'mon, is this all you can fall back on...a technicality, lol.

In this case it seems, as many others (Old Man Rock, leebigez, GATER, etc...) have said and as the article indicates, Brooks was brought to the attention of Morey by others who wanted him drafted and were instrumental in making sure that happened, which by extension means the gm wasn't going to draft him unless that happened. Now you may say "well that's always the case," but the influence here seems more disproportionate than the usual typical consultations. While you harp on a technicality (which doesn't surprise me), it doesn't take a genius or even a BimaThug to understand that if that lobbying didn't happened, Brooks wasn't going to be drafted by the Rockets or else the whole point of who's move it was wouldn't be an issue.

Exactly, which is why saying it was a Morey move is idiotic.

 

To quote Barney Fife, "Rule Number one: OBEY ALL RULES"

It comes down to what you call a "tier" or a "cut."

If you need a center, and your choices are Michael Jordan and Bill Cartwright, yeah, I guess you go with Jordan.

But, what if you have Jordan and Hakeem (Umm, btw, Jordan was better than Hakeem)?

I think Morey is great, but he should be a little more flexible.