2012 Draft Overrated?

Looks like they should compare Drummond to J.Hill with the "look good in one game and disappear in the next"

 

Drummond would be well served to stay in college 3 to 4 years. He might need the degree to fall back.

 

So if Rockets were to package pick 14 and 16 for 1 pick, what pick do you all think they could get? Maybe 7th?

 

Picks alone - 14 & 16 - I'd say at best 10 or 11. No higher than 9th.

 

Add Lowry and we could get 5-7 I think

 

No, this draft is DEEP in terms of star potential late in the draft. There are major question marks for most players, but man, Jeremy Lamb around pick #15? How about Quincy Miller or Austin Rivers? It just rare that you can get a guy with star potential in the middle of the first round. I mean, in another class, Lamb may be a top 6 lock.

 

A guy that I hope the Rockets consider with one of their picks is Tony Wroten. If you guys have never seen him play, I recommend finding out a bit more about him. This guy will put people in the seats. Draft boards have him going later in the first round, but he has all the tools to become an elite 1 or 2.

At 6'6' with a 6'8' wingspan, Tony possesses good size to play either the PG or the SG position. Out of all the prospects going in the first round (and quite possibly the draft), I would say he possesses not only some of the best handles, but also the best court vision I've seen in quite some time. His passing abilities are on another level and while he is capable of scoring, he is a pass first type of player. He also possesses great athleticism and can be a force on the defensive end. He will have no trouble staying with the 2 guards at the NBA level. In a way, he reminds of a young Jamal Crawford as they are both Seattle natives, except Tony is a much better athlete.

While Tony does have some work to do on his jump-shot as he can be a streaky shooter, he has all the tools that you would want in a 2-way player. While he is already very talented, I feel like he is just scratching the surface, as far as his potential is concerned. As the draft approaches, you can bet his stock is going to rise and if the Rockets can land him at 16, it would be an excellent pick. With the 14th pick, the Rockets should probably address some of their frontcourt issues, but Tony is definitely a player that the Rockets should consider.

 

To be honest with you, I shared these same exact sentiments as I believed this draft was going to be very deep on paper a year ago, but a good number of the players that I thought were sure to shine in the league largely underperformed. Aside from Davis, there isn't a single player that you can say will be an immediate impact player. This draft is littered with players with a ton of talent, but there are glaring weaknesses for a lot of these candidates. For instance, I player such as Perry Jones who displayed Durant-like ability back in HS was widely inconsistent at Baylor with questions about his mental toughness coming almost every other game. A player like Drummond, who by all accounts is an absolute freak of an athlete with a penchant for blocking shots did not display the same offensive dominance that he displayed back in HS and is believed to have maturity issues. There are a lot of players in this draft with potential, but I'm not sure even the GMs of various teams have enough evidence to justify that any particular player aside from Davis will be able to come in an impact the league from Day 1. While this draft does have talent, I'm not entirely sure it is as strong as we had originally anticipated.

 

Thanks! Yeah he reminds me of T-Will minus the headcase/maturity issues

 

Wroten has huge potential but he has more turnovers than assist in his freshman year. I thought he should have stayed in school with the way he choked away Washington making the NCAA by missing those free throws in the PAC 10 1st rd game.

 

*Pac 12*

 

The TO's are definitely a concern as he sometimes chooses to make the fancy pass instead of the simple pass. I think that is something that will come with more maturity and experience, but the court vision is definitely there. I think it is one of his more valuable assets.

 

Coming out so early will work against him if he were to come to the Rockets. He would probably not get much playing time early on.

 

Well, I guess it really depends on whether or not we are going to retain Martin and/or Lee. He definitely has the skill-set to play in the League from Day 1, but being only 19 years old, he is definitely a talent that the Rockets can take their time cultivating. The Rockets aren't going to be competing for a title for at least the next 3-5 years, so their strategy should be to stockpile some young talent to compete when the time comes.

 

Just depends on how much he matures as a player. A knock on him is he tries to make the flashy play instead of the basic play. His court vision is insane though.

I think his game is made more for the NBA than it was for college.

 

Most definitely man. Another guy you can compare him to is Brandon Jennings, except obviously he's much bigger. Brandon was all flash back in HS, but he's been able to tone it down a bit and is doing pretty well up in Milwaukee. The court vision is simply something you can't teach as he definitely has a knack for finding the open man. His game should translate very well in the NBA and he plays hard at both ends of the floor which will bode well for him. I think with some NBA coaching and some fine-tuning (keeping the flash under control), he should be able to contribute quite a bit at the NBA level.

 

author could be just as wrong on the negative and other are on the positive.
no one will remember who wrote what in 3 years when we start to know.

 

This is why I am against the 1-and-done rule. Although it's better than HS players entering the NBA, 1 year of promising play in college still does not necessarily project to continued improvement. It's just a crapshoot to figure out who is going to be consistently good based on just HS or 1 year of college for most players (obviously LeBron and a few others are the exception).

 

This draft can't be overrated. There are just too many things pointing to it being very talent heavy.