The Houston Rockets drew the 2024 draft pick, which was drawn by coach Udoka, and the probability of the Rockets drawing the top four is only 14.6%, and the probability of winning the lottery is only 1.9%, and Udoka has become a lucky star for the Rockets.
The Houston Rockets' use of the No. 3 pick Stone has also been revealed, which can be used for trade, but if a young star who can be found to be a good fit for the team is also willing to be drafted and nurtured on his own.
Houston media outlet ClutchFans wrote: "For Udoka's Rockets, the three most meaningful candidates for the pick: Klingen, Castle, Shepherd. If the Rockets want to be promoted, the range of candidates will be expanded, and it is not clear who they will vote for, but these three are the candidates that the Rockets intended.
ESPN predicted that the Rockets would draft Shepherd but did not rule out that the Rockets would draft Klingen, and the Rockets could develop Klingen to play Smith/Shin Jing off the bench.
Draft, on the other hand, predicts that the Rockets will pick Klingen.
TA also predicts that the Rockets will choose Klingen, after all, Klingen can play the No. 4-5 position, and he can make up for the lack of size of Shin Kyung.
Klingen was also very good in the joint trial physical test data, with a height of 7'1.75 (217.81cm), an arm span of 7'6.75 (230.51cm), and a weight of 282 lbs (127.91kg). Many of the data comparing his physical data with Gobert's are better: height, tonnage, palm length, etc., and the arm span is 2.3051 meters.
Klingen also has the shooting ability that Gobert doesn't have, with his 19-of-30 three-point shooting, 14-of-25 shooting from the spot-up and 7-of-10 from the free-throw line, and the 4-5 spot with projection has always been a scarce resource.
Shepard is shooting 52.1 percent from three-point range in the NCAA, and the barefoot 6-foot-3" guard is accurate, with his maximum bounce being 42-inch in the worst of all.
He was the bouncing king 42-inch (1.0668 meters) in this year's joint tryout, followed by Hill at 39.5 inches.
Castle was a bit worse, with a barefoot of 6'2.25 (188.6cm) and an arm span of 6'8.75 (205.11cm), but he did well on 18-of-25 shooting in three-point testing, and as a defender he still fits the Rockets' offensive and defensive system.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream