With the 2018-19 NBA season finally coming to a close Thursday night, it’s officially draft season.
As of present, the Rockets don’t own a single pick in next week’s draft, although there are rumours that they intend on making a splash in the first round.
Regardless, even if the Rockets stand pat, acquiring an impact player is certainly still feasible.
In recent years, due to the evolution of the 24-hour NBA news cycle, the draft has become one of the largest exercises of groupthink in existence. Every year teams let rotation-quality players slip through their grasp due to preconceived notions about the flaws that were present in their expanded college roles, and due to the recency bias that comes from seeing “higher upside” prospects cross-up pylons and dunk on 5’10” trainers.