The Houston Rockets were blessed by the lottery gods, landing at #2 and retaining their own first round selection. Thankfully, the 48% chance didn’t hit and the good guys will get a real building block for their future to speed up the rebuild.
Now the question is: who is that piece? Let’s look into the potential suspects.
It’s pretty clear that after Cade Cunningham, there is a solid group of three players in the next tier. Let’s go through them in alphabetical order, with their ages on opening night in parentheses.
Jalen Green (19)
We know the least about Green because he didn’t attend college.