Instead of adding old veterans who cant play Black, Johnson, etc. Why not buy a couple 2nd round picks or sign some young guys who are trying to build up their value (KCP or someone similar).
Could you imagine if Zhou Qi lived up to his potential? A quick tall freakishly long power forward who can block,defend and hit the 3 ball Paul/Harden/Tucker/Qi/Capela-- that could be an amazing starting 5 line up ughh why can't Qi live up to his potential? His potential complements the team perfectly. It's exactly what we need. We have the player we need, he just needs to tie his skills together/adapt to the pace of NBA play and develop the communication required for the NBA game. We need him now though, not in 2 years.
Let's give him some more time. Capela was a huge project who worked his tail off and had some very good coaching/mentoring. Zhou may yet prove to be that very unique talent we can blend into the lineup. That is, if he's not traded.
Love this idea! Especially if Rockets have to gut team to acquire LBJ. Will need to surround Harden-Paul-Lebron-Clint with BOTH vet min players and high upside athletic young talent. 2nd rounders with high upside and versatility: Jarred Vanderbuilt - 6'9 215 Grayson Allen - 6'4 200 Svi Mykhailiuk - 6'8 210 Shake Milton - 6'6 190 Justin Jackson - 6'7 230 Rodions Kurucs - 6'9 220 Keith Bates-Diop - 6'8 225 Isaac Bonga - 6'9 200 Dzanan Musa - 6'9 195 Hamidou Diallo - 6'5 195 Chimezie Metu - 6'10 220 Raymond Spalding - 6'10 220 Ken Hervey - 6'8 215 Rawle Atkins - 6'4 220
I would do that sounds like a good Idea but also looking at the Pg play I would look for a backup point gaurd or C point gaurd play in the finals were bad when cp3 went down it was bad so that why i say look for a back up point then look for a good back up C in the second round there are good back up point gaurds like devonte graham and Allonzo Trier Malik Newman the one C i see that is good in the second is Brandon McCoy
our roster is old and not so athletic. i'm all for bringing in some young blood for the end of the bench
I like Brunson, even though he is not very quick. I feel he is good enough to be a decent backup PG. He is not just a safe pick, in my opinion. Javon is like Pat Bev, but Brunson is more skilled and is a better player.
problem is you might have to add cash for someone to take andersons contract. and we don't know what that deal will be until after the draft. if you spend your cash on draft night it might mean you can't unload anderson in a lebron deal. imagine if that cost you lebron! otherwise i love this idea for next year. we should always have 2-3 guys on rookie deals that we are farming. keeps the roster salary low and our team will replenish role players instead of overpaying them as vets. this summer might not be the right time to do to that since we have to offload anderson.
are you crazy? Rookies? MDA isn't gonna play rookies.... you're just locking yourself into a short rotation. lol
I’d be fine with G Allen as another perimeter shooter but I think Chimezie Metu and Shake Milton are steals. Shake was injured his senior season so he missed out on the NCAA tournament this year but he was amazing the year before. He’s 6’6” and an handle the rock. Reminds me a lot of Livingston for GS with his mid range game and athleticism. Metu is an athletic 6’ 10.5” kid that’s much further along shooting-wise than Capela. He’s improved every aspect of his game every year on the court. Specifically, he went from a 50% FT shooter to 73%. He can rebound and has the athleticism to catch lob passes from CP3 and Harden. He’s also a shot blocker. I do like Brunson, too. He’s not real quick but he’s tough as nails, has a high basketball IQ, plays solid D, and has a pretty good outside shot (38 % on 3’s). He kind of reminds me of larger versions of VanVleet with Toronto.
Chimezie Metu will be the steal of this draft! Watch!! I hope he's there when the Rockets pick at 46.
Then get rid of him, nearly every other playoff team had rookies in their rotation, at worst they should be athletic enough to switch, defend etc unlike Anderson,Nene, Johnson etc.
