Throughout the course of history, the NBA have seen several undrafted players exceed expectations, to become all-stars and some went on to become NBA champions. Ben Wallace, Udonis Haslem, and Jeremy Lin are a few of the most recent players who overcame the odds after going undrafted.
Over the past few years, the Houston Rockets have managed to find several diamonds in the rough who became vital members of their rotation at one time or another. Despite taking Louisville’s Chinanu Onuaku and China’s Zhou Qi with their second round picks, the Rockets may have struck gold twice following the draft.