Will the Rockets miss Usman Garuba?

Will Usman Garuba make the Rockets regret losing him?Sometimes, you get what you want, but you should have been careful about what you’d wished for.

Leading up to the 2021 NBA draft, most Rockets fans had a lot of wants (let’s leave the Green/Mobley debate aside. Nobody wants to revisit that).

I was neutral on Alperen Sengun. I didn’t want Josh Christopher. In fact, I was so disinterested in Gup that I barely scouted him. I wanted two players later in the draft:

Jalen Johnson and Usman Garuba.

Are you questioning my efficacy as an amateur NBA scout yet?

You shouldn’t be. The jury is still out on both. With that said, it isn’t looking good for Uzi. He’s been traded twice and cut once in a single…