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.
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
NBA 2008 Draft - Results (Rockets)
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.
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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