Expect the Unexpected with the Rockets' Draft

There is something about drafts in professional sports that illicit the most thought provoking sentiments from both fans and pundits alike. If you’re a woeful team, then the emotions are running high. Succumbing to a poor year often requires a team’s fanbase to grow tiresome of their mediocre play, and then with the idealistic aspiration of a quick turnaround; debates grow loud and emotional for how to fix the team’s woes.  With the draft, especially in the NBA, one player can quickly change the fortunes of a franchise more than any other sport. Be it a Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, or Yao Ming-type athlete, a franchise lingering in embarrassment for years on end can quickly turn its fortunes around with one prospect. Yet for all the acclaim the draft brings for team’s that are woeful and have picks to address their needs, what do you do when your franchise is fine, and there are no draft picks to be had? The aforementioned predicament is precisely where the Rockets ... (link)