Even the most optimistic Houston Rockets fan and maybe even the Rockets front office would have never imagined before the draft that there was a chance they could come away with not only Amen Thompson but another possible top 10 prospect in Cam Whitmore, but that is precisely what happened on draft night.
All Whitmore has done since then is win the NBA Summer League MVP, have a strong training camp and had a promising preseason debut. The Rockets’ forward depth is probably the deepest of any position on the team. You have returning starter and former number three pick Jabari Smith at starting power forward, newly signed big money man and top-flight defender Dillon Brooks at the three, and Tari Eason, who was the big surprise from last year's draft, as the de facto sixth man after his second-team All-Rookie selection last season.