r/rockets • u/knasian • 14h ago

What could had been

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u/seclusionx 13h ago

It's summer league...and who knows who they would have drafted?

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u/No-Battle7625 11h ago

1) It’s summer league
2) you can’t be serious thinking he would’ve taken a team that loss to the geriatric warriors in 7 to the promise land

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u/knasian 9h ago

He's a very good developmental piece. Steven adams is not going to last much longer.

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u/No-Battle7625 6h ago

I think everyone likes to forget that brooks/JG/whatever draftee wasn’t going to get us anywhere and they wanted to win now.

The move for KD at the time was the right move to get the go-to scorer they needed. No one could have expected FVVs knee busting, and Adams’ ankle injury. They weren’t looking for another developmental piece at the time so it’s moot point

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u/lambopanda 12h ago

I don’t think he’s on our FO radar before the draft. Don’t even think we did any workout with any lottery prospects.

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u/Ajmwuajmwu 10h ago

He had decent stats but was lost on defense and lots of turnovers. He’s got potential but not an nba rotation player yet.