Post#1205 » by TheMagicOne » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:43 am
For all those Houston fans that thinks giving up anything we want is a bad idea, I just point out the last 20 years of the NBA draft with players taken between #12 and #30. I have compiled a list and only included the players that made an impact and became a star or stuck around for a long career. Now when looking at the list compare every player to Dwight Howard. This is the return we would get for Dwight. If I were Houston I would do anything just to get Dwight in a Rockets uniform and do all I could to keep him. PERIOD.
Here are Houston's Picks. Forget what they did summer league, because I have news for you, Ryan Humphrey dominated in summer league as a rookie. Steven Hunter looked like a GREAT PICK in summer league. Bo Outlaw used to make it an annual thing to go in to summer league and put up massive stats even as a NBA vet.
#12 – Jeremy Lamb
#14 - Patrick Patterson
#14 – Marcus Morris
#38 – Chandler Parsons
#16 – Royce White
#18 – Terrence Jones
#20 - Donatas Motiejūnas
#27 - JaJuan Johnson
These are the former first round picks the Rockets have. Their highest is #12 and lowest is #27. Since we are trying to rebuild if we trade Howard, I thought it would be smart to look at the draft over the last say 20 years as to who became a start from picks #12 through #30.
2011
#25 – Marshon Brooks (and this is a stretch)
2010
NOTHING
2009
#13 – Psycho T
#17 – Jrue Holiday
#18 – Ty Lawson
#19 – Jeff Teague
#21 – Darren Collison
2008
#17 – Roy Hibbert
#21 – Ryan Anderson
#22 – Courtney Lee
#24 – Serge Ibaka
#25 – Nicholas Batum
2007
#12 – Thaddeus Young
2006
#13 – Thabo Sefolosha
#14 – Ronnie Brewer
#21 – Rajon Rondo
#24 – Kyle Lowry
2005
#17 – Danny Granger
#30 – David Lee
2004
#15 – Al Jefferson
#17 - Josh Smith
#18 – JR Smith
#20 – Jameer Nelson
#26 – Kevin Martin
2003
#12 – Nick Collison
#18 – David West
#27 – Kendrick Perkins
2002
#23 – Tayshaun Prince
2001
#19 – Zach Randolph
#25 – Gerald Wallace
#28 – Tony Parker
2000
#16 – Hedo Turkoglu
#18 – QRich
#23 – Deshawn Stevenson
1999
#13 – Corey Maggette
#16 – Ron Artest
#18 – James Posey
#21 – Jeff Foster
#24 – AK47
1998
#12 – Michael Doleac
#15 – Matt Harpring
#19 – Pat Garrity
#25 – Al Harrington
#29 – Nazr Mohammed
1997
#12 – Austin Croshere
#15 – Kelvin Cato
#21 – Anthony Parker
#23 – Bobby Jackson
#27 – Jacque Vaughn
1996
#13 – Kobe Bryant
#15 – Steve Nash
#17 – Jermaine O’Neal
#20 – BigZ
#24 – Derek Fisher
1995
#18 – Theo Ratliff
#21 – Michael Finley
#28 – Greg Ostertag
1994
#13 – Jalen Rose
#26 – Charlie Ward
1993
#24 – Sam Cassell
1992
#17 – Doug Christie
#21 – Jon Barry
#24 – Latrell Sprewell