What does the Rockets history tell us about whom they might draft?

Dude said "augur" and "studing".

I personally think that Rudy, just like every other coach, took what was best and fit best into his scheme. Chuckster was obtained because he's a hall-of-famer and was a good player. If anything, Rudy may tend to acquire players with a strong work ethic and "blue collar" types whilling to put forth effort, but when you're picking mid-1st round or later, what else do you have to do but take chances? More than anything else, Rudy gets the following :

1) Players with the guts to bang and shoot with players regarded much higher than they are.
2) Players who will bust their butts while they're out on the court.
3) Players who are loyal and accept their roles on the team despite their previous success or lack thereof.
4) Unselfish players.

Selfish players who got the boot that I can think of... Thomas Hamilton, Snottie Pipsqueak, Mad Max, and maybe even Mario Elie and Otis Thorpe to a lesser certain extent (just supposition, no concrete evidence). Rudy's got a way of surrounding a couple of star players with a great, but more importantly, an unselfish supporting cast.

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Rudy always drafts the sleepers, players who have the same talent as the top players with some defect. Sort of like Brand, Kenny thingy. He takes a chance on Kenny's work ethic and its a risk, and has huge pay off.



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The problem with trying to look at past trends is that Rudy typically hasn't had a very high pick to work with. The Rocks have done exceptionally well with lower picks. If the Rockets win a top three pick, I think they'll take the best 4/5 available. If they don't pick until 9 or later, I think it really depends on who may slip to that position. I would love to see them take one of the really young guys that may not help so much next year, but could really develop in 2 or 3. Miles, Dermarr, Moiso, Miller.

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The difference between these drafts and previous drafts is that we are in the middle of the lottery. The past few years when we were drating 20+ thats fine but remember when we had 3 picks we got Dickerson, Drew who was not a stretch for the type of team we had and took a chance on Turckan, a chance that did not pay off due to Quitten.

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