With the 23rd pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets select:

Bingo!! Makes the most sense to me.

 

I agree. Trading up would be my 1st option, but if we were not able to do so, i would look to trade the #38 pick and (player x (Scola, T-Will, Bud, Hill, Miller) ) for another 1st rd. pick, draft a project big at #14, a 2-way combo PG/SG at #23(preferably R. Jackson because of his tremendous wingspan) and another big who could contribute now with the other 1st round pick that we get.

 

I think getting the BPA is a good overall strategy but IMHO your team needs and the skill level of the player also needs to be taken into account. If the skill difference between the two isn't that big and you have a glaring hole to fill, then I'd probably take the lesser player who fills a need.

I mean, did you support Kahn taking two pgs in the lottery during his rookie year? I'm pretty sure he thought Rubio and Flynn were the BPAs when he drafted them.

 

If you want to ignore Tyler's red flags for character and maturity issues then look at his play.

He was a 3rd string PF on a bad team in a bad domestic league in the European system. So yeah, pretty much performed about 10 levels below what Jennings did.

And there is no bias against American players in European basketball. That's just nonsense plain and simple. Jennings was treated better than just about any European player would ever be treated in the same situation.

And Tyler would have been cut instantly if he was Israeli, the instant he started his antics. He was given many more chances than an Israeli player would have ever gotten.

As for Mack, he is a lot more than a "defensive specialist".

 

Draft on the tier system, my friend. If there's a center with upside and a PG in the same tier, feel free to draft the center. If there's a PG in one tier and a center with upside in the immediately lower tier, you still take the PG. Every time. (Unless you're David Kahn.)

Also, I honestly don't see any centers in this year's draft outside the top 8 picks who look like they could clearly be better players than Hasheem Thabeet, who is already a project himself. THAT is the Rockets "2011-center-with-upside-draft-pick" in Morey's mind, IMO. If there's another one who is also the BPA during the draft, I'm sure he'll look at taking that guy, too. But to say that the Rockets MUST reach on another project center when they JUST traded for Thabeet just reaks of unnecessary duplication of efforts. Especially when there are better players on the board who could actually help the team in the next 1-2 years.