With the end of the Rockets season, everyone has also focused on the draft, after all, the Rockets once again ended the season with the league's penultimate record, not only with their own first-round picks, but also the first round of the Nets. At present, the rocket's first round still needs to wait until the May 17 draw to decide, in which the probability of winning the lottery is 14%, and the guarantee can draw the fifth pick; and the nets' first round has been determined to fall in the 17th pick with the cavaliers' two consecutive losses in the playoffs.
In fact, in the Rockets' own first round of signing, everyone has discussed a lot, this year's draft hot rookies are so many Chet, Bancello, Smith, Ive, Murray, so if the Rockets draw the lottery, how to choose in the end? Some people think that it should be based on a reinforcement lineup, and Chet can perfectly adapt to the Rockets lineup; some people feel that the Rockets lack flanking height and should choose Smith, who has the potential to defend and have outside projection 3D; some people think that Bancello should be chosen, who not only has mature technology but also leadership temperament; of course, there are also people who feel that the Rockets have a lot of problems in the backcourt this season, and can choose Ivey to replace Porter Jr.
So how should the Rockets make their choices? Rockets reporter Kelly iko talked to the team's management and got the result: prioritize talent and then consider others.
This result is already very clear, so what is talent, this can be fully referred to last season's Rockets with the eye of the list to select Jaylen Green, he is a talented player. If you look at it from that perspective, the Rockets' draft priorities should be Chet > Banchero> Smith> Ive. In other words, if the Rockets are selected, it is only possible to choose between Chet and Bancello, and it is unlikely to choose Smith.
To know that Chet is a tall more than 7 feet of ordinary people, in the game he showed a very comprehensive display at both ends of the attack and defense, as an inside player, he can easily complete the end of the box easily, the key is that he can also pull down the outside line to shoot three points, and even many times you can see him grab the rebound between the half-time shooting to chase the three points, but also show his very good ability to control the luck, these are very rare. Defensive end of the inner line of the frame, card position, co-defense, supplementary defense is also very good, the outside line has a good moving foot, with a long arm to form a very large interference with the ball carrier, these are the embodiment of his talent. The only thing he criticizes is that he is too light and his ability to fight is not good, but the league is not without a successful player like him, and the alphabet brother is a ready-made example.
Compared to Bancello and Smith have the same height is 2.04 meters, but Smith's arm span is better, if the space is opened to shoot three points, the change of defense is undoubtedly Smith better, but on the ball quotient, on personal technology, on the leadership temperament, that Bancello is simply a crushing level advantage, which in the NCAA crazy March game, Bancello has shown these to the fullest. With such a clear contrast between the good and the bad, the choice of talented player between the two is naturally the first choice. As for Ive and Murray, the Rockets will only consider them if they fall out of the top three.