Bigger Miss - Green over Mobley or Reed over Castle?

Doesn’t matter who we draft, we’ll never develop them. Both our coaching staff has been an utter joke since post Harden.

 

I dont think there is any way in hell Maxey was in play and if he was there was 0 chance the Rockets wouldve passed up Maxey out of spite.

 

Castle with a triple double tonight 17 points, 11 assists, 11 turnovers

 

I think he will most likely get injured but what I’m watching is the best player ever. mj and Bron could not score on this guy. It’s ridiculous how tall he is and how he moves. If he wins it all at 22 with this team would be insane.

Besides Harper who is so young. I’m not sure if anyone on this team is even good. Like if someone were to trade for them they’d look much worse

 

This thread is missing the point. Mobley is not the most important player for his team.

Even if you think Castle will be really good, the best player on that team is Wemby and Harper will eventually be pushing Castle for 2nd best.

Rockets have never found their alpha player that forces other teams to try to change how they play the Rockets.

In private, I think even Stone will tell you that, and every pick they made was trying to find that player. Because until you do that, nothing else matters.

 

While both were egregious misses, picking Matt Maloney over Castle should be a fireable offense. Castle was already a proven winner at the collegiate level and had size to guard 1-4 and great feel for the game. I don't understand how picking an undersized soft shooting guard made sense for a defensive minded team like ours. Do you know when was last time a 6-3 and under white guard was picked in the top 3? 1970s. 50 years ago! Unless Trump orders that every team must have an American white guy on the team then this pick made zero sense.

 

I hate to say this as Reeds mom.

castle

 

Barnes, Wagner

 

Barnes is No. 2. (Meaning yes he leads the Raptors right now, but on a title contender he is at best a No. 2.)

Maybe Wagner could but he can't stay healthy to know for sure.

 

This entire thread is about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

 

The point of the Reed pick was the idea of his ceiling being higher. Everyone knew his floor was lower than a player like Castle.

For example, even an undersized shooting guard, if he can go 5/12 from 3 point most games, that affects how teams guard you way more than Castle being able to break down a defense.

 

While probably true, this would be before the Titanic hit the iceberg.

 

Well we've seen Jalen is actually worse on another team than his absolutely putrid performance on the Rockets. Which honestly I never thought in my wildest dreams could be even possible.

Can the same be said about Reed? A high IQ player, would he be just as bad in another system? The answer is no.

 

Coaching staff was even suspect during most of the Harden era to be fair. Dantoni never really had plan B's/C's. He either won with his style or not.

McHale was basically a version of Udoka.

 

well Castle is #3 maybe #2 at best on a title contender

 

Ok even if I concede that offensively Matt Maloney has slight higher ceiling because of the three point shooting that still doesn't warrant the pick given the day and night difference on defense. Castle can guard the top guy on the other team while MM can't even guard the third stringer.

 

Are Ty Lue and Atkinson the best coaches Harden has ever played for?!

 

People defending Reed pick please watch this Spurs vs Thurder game and tell me Reed would play 1 second in this game for the Spurs. I don't understand the argument that Castle is a #2 or #3 behind Wemby, so what? Where would Reed be?#13? Is there any world where Reed becomes a #1 option on a good team? This guy is clearly closer to Matt Maloney than Steph Curry or Mark Price.