As the Houston Rockets acquired superstar scorer Kevin Durant, few fans had serious qualms with the price they paid to do so.
Yet, when you give up a lottery pick, there is always a lingering thought of what could have been, and Khaman Maluach, so far this preseason with the Phoenix Suns, has proven the Rockets' correct in their decision to ultimately pass on the opportunity to draft him.
It's certainly far too early to call Maluach anything close to a bust, but the primary concern surrounding his game, his rawness and relative inexperience in doing the little things that make a big man viable in the NBA, have fleshed themselves out, meaning that Houston would have made a mistake in drafting a player so misaligned with their current timeline.