Well, the Rockets picked a couple of small forwards. Not what I would have done, but it might work out for them. With their picks that late in the draft, you take what you can. Hopefully you find someone with some upside. The Rockets probably weren't going to fill any holes.
Well, it looks like Houston has trade the rights to Nicolas Batum. I'm not sure yet what they got in return. His size looked good, apparently he has upside but his averages (8.5 pts/3.5 rbs) in Europe weren't anything special.
I guess they traded Batum for another SF, Dante Green and a future second round pick. I'm not real sure about this one. Unlike the NFL draft, two 2nd round picks don't get close to a 1st round pick. I'd guess they took who they thought they should take at that specific position in the draft and worked with it. It looks like they also got Joey Dorsey (I'm not a big fan) out of their dealings. Incidentaly, they had the rights to Darrell Arthur for awhile. Arthur was ranked #15 by ESPN - he went 27th - but their PF situation is pretty strong.
Seems like the Rockets were really gunning for a small forward. I like that they turned one pick into two players and a future pick. That's what the good franchises do. Usually, teams do that when they're already set, but the Rockets weren't going to benefit from their first round pick this year anyway, so they might as well get some players and stockpile some picks for the future.
The talk about Batum was good, but his numbers didn't back it up. Dorsey talks a lot and benefitted from being on a good team. Arthur did too, but he seemed to be a pretty good player without a lot of moves (indicating some upside).
Looks like the Rockets are hoping to be healthy next year. I really think the management and ownership are intoxicated with the thought of Yao and TMac playing on the same team for a majority of a season. In my opinion, there were some spots that could have been filled with the 25th pick. Obviously, the Rockets' brass thinks otherwise, or they have identified other holes.
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