The Rockets have two first-round picks in hand this season, one is that they can draw the top five picks, and the other is that the Nets' first round is determined to be in the 17th pick, and everyone has discussed a lot in the past period of time on the Rockets draft, especially how to choose their first-round picks.
This year's top five rookies are Chet, Bancello, Smith, Ive, and Ive, who recently announced his draft, and these 5 rookie players each have their own characteristics, as Rockets reporter Kelly Iko said, as far as the time has come, there is no obvious winner. The only thing we can be sure of is that no matter which team gets the pick, they will choose among these popular rookies, and who will have pros and cons. But if we look through this year's playoffs, if the Rockets are lucky enough to draw a lottery, their choice is almost in suspense.
Let's take a look at the first round of the playoffs so far:
East: Heat led the Hawks 3-1, the 76ers led the Raptors 3-1, the Bucks led the Bulls 3-1 and the Greens led the Nets 3-0;
West: The Suns drew 2-2 with the Pelicans, the Lone Rangers drew 2-2 with the Jazz, the Warriors led the Nuggets 3-1 and the Grizzlies drew 2-2 with the Timberwolves.
You can see the more obvious advantages of the team, they all have a player who can hold the ball to attack the frontcourt, the reason why the Grizzlies played harder than the regular season, mainly because Morant was restricted more severely, there was no threat of three points, the breakthrough could not go in, the other side's bag clip or assistant defense made Morant very uncomfortable, can only look for empty teammates, teammates into the team on the smooth, can not enter the admission of planting, the reason is still the lack of height in the backcourt caused. The Hawks' Trae Young, the Jazz's Mitchell, they are also due to the lack of height in the backcourt, which is not dominant in the situation, but looking at the Bucks, Heat, Green Army and 76ers, they all have a frontcourt player who can hold the ball, Alphabet Brother, Butler, Tatum, Embiid, which is the core reason why they can take the lead.
So for the Rockets, a team with a serious lack of height in the frontcourt, it is naturally more necessary to find a big core of their own frontcourt ball holding, and in this rookie, there is no such thing as The advantage of Bancello is the most obvious, and his ability to hold the ball in the NCAA game is vividly displayed, it can be said that he is the most mature frontcourt player in this year's technology, from this point of view, the Rockets' best choice should be Bancello. But looking at the alphabet brother, Butler, Tatum, Embiid these people, they can not only solve the team's problems on the offensive end, but also their performance on the defensive end cannot be ignored, but Bancello can be regarded as an invisible person on the defensive end.
If you compare smith with the same height and more obvious arm span advantage, his strength is more powerful, and the key is that Smith also has a good three-point shooting ability, which is perfectly suited to modern basketball, perhaps compared to Bancello, his ability to hold the ball is not enough, but Smith is more like a blank piece of paper, there is more room for transformation after attacking the NBA, so in the long run, the Rockets' first choice should be Smith. Followed by Chet, and finally Bancello, because compared to Smith Cutt's athletic talent and ability to change defenses is not enough, but compared to Bancello, he not only has personal skills, the defensive end is also more existential, as for the guard players, and then there is Porter Jr. and Green,The Rockets can not be considered.