The Houston Rockets have drafted numerous young players over the years, leading to the need to part ways with some of them. In some cases, they gave up at exactly the right time.
For some fans, there's no right time to give up on a young player. It's easy to invest in a young guy's potential - as a fan. As an organization, it's necessary to make educated guesses. Sometimes, you've got to decide that you don't believe in a guy anymore.
Who knows? Any of these guys might make it somewhere else. For miscellaneous reasons, the Rockets had to give up on them anyway.