NBA 2008 Draft - Aftermath

With all the talk about Dorsey, everyone is missing the fact that the Rockets turned one draft pick into two players. This work assesses the relative value of the first 30 picks of the draft. Through a couple trades, the Rockets turned the 25th pick into the 28th and 33rd. They added roughly 50% more value to their draft for free. I'm liking the Daryl Morey era already.

The Rockets are really high on Joey Dorsey. Like really high. I have no idea why. But here's what they say.

Joey Dorsey
This guy likes Joey Dorsey. As you can see from my comment, I'm not so hot on him.

Shane Battier
Don't know whether the USA team would have picked him or not, but he won't be playing for the red, white and blue. This story points out that he was on the 2nd All-NBA defensive team, but was 3rd in the Defensive POY voting. The math doesn't work out on that, but it shows he's one of the best on the defensive end.

Carl Landry
The Rockets want to sign Landry. Last year was his rookie season, but he was a second round pick so there was no future years to the contract. This is another position I thought they were in good shape. The Rockets would like to see what's up with Landry's knee. Landry's agent doesn't seem like he wants to play along. Something is amiss.

Steve Novak
Novak has been resigned. Cheap, but this doesn't really help the Rockets. They like something about him, but if they don't play him ...

Brent Barry
The Rockets want to sign him. Don't know if this is just the family name that attracts them or what. He's a good player that can help a veteran team off the bench. He'd help during a postseason run. The Rockets need help elsewhere, and don't seem poised for such a postseason run. I have a hard time arguing this though. I Like a shooter who doesn't complain about playing. (Tough to complain about playing time when you're 30-something making 2 mil off the bench.) Seems though, that the Novak signing and Barry courting are redundant.


Russell Robinson
He's on the summer squad for the Rockets. It seems like this guy was at Kansas forever. He's got decent size for a point guard, is a good defender and takes care of the ball (4 assists/game, 2.1 A/T ratio). Robinson was overshadowed at KU by the 4 other Jayhawks that got drafted.