Man...this makes me more and more happy that the Celtics traded their pick for Ray Allen.
/sarcasm

After a lot of compaining about drafting Brooks on Draft night, Rockets fans are now singing his praises.  

 

I am always careful about evaluating players from Summer League. 

 

I seem to remember that Lebron wasn't that impressive.

 

The Rockets have had a few summer league All Stars who didn't do squat:

• John Lucas III - Better numbers than Brooks last year.
• Dan Langhi - This guy dominated summer league.
• Kelvin Cato - Got a huge contract with the Rockets.

You finally got the sarcasm buttom to work, awesome.

Did you see McHale praised the Allen trade?

While it may not be any consolation, you should be happy about the big baby pick. I only saw one of his games in vegas (I think he had 19 points, 14 boards and 6 blocks), but I think he had other good games too. When I saw him, he showed an ability to put the ball on the floor, hit the jumper, and post up (besides the rebounding and defensive presence).

Kevin McHale? Really? Man...that says a lot, because that's another super GM right there. If Kevin said it was a good trade, then who are we to argue?

Im still pissed about the pick. Right now hes slated to be the most exciting 3rd string point guard who averages 5 minutes or less a night. That...and a summer league rookie of the month.

 

Yes.  I'm kind of wishing the Rockets picked Big Baby over Carl Landry at #32.  I guess time will tell.

Other thoughts -

- I only got to see Belinelli once (he didn't play on Saturday ). He had an off shooting night, but watching him miss was more fun than watching other players make (even if partially because of the buzz surrounding him).

- I was underwhelmed by Rudy Gay, particularly his jump shot.

- Pleased with Thornton; I don't know if I'm disappointed the Clips didn't take Crittenton, but perhaps he's less of a project than I thought. (I have to put the qualifier in there considering what was said about him going into the draft and the fact that it was summer league.)

- In the half-game that I saw Robinson play, he showed nice shooting and passing.

- Hawes may be too eager to shoot, not eager enough to do other things, but the kid has some nice moves / touch around the basket. He didn't seem to run the floor very well though.

- Even when Afflalo struggled shooting against the Lakers, I thought his jump shot looked good. I was surprised by his defensive struggles against Denver (a good scoring game for him), but he had a tough assignment in Von Wafer, one of the summer league's leading scorers.

- Yes, Brooks looked good. His combination of shooting and quickness is impressive.

- Just watching Nick Young play a little bit, it seems like his confidence may be shaky, like maybe he got down on himself too much for missed shots.

- I didn't see a lot of DJ Strawberry, but I'd like to think he can make a roster. The suns would be nice, but with Nash, Barbosa, and Banks already there it may have to be elsewhere (Clippers? ).

- I hope Jeff Green has a great career.

- I don't think he'll make a roster, but it was cool seeing Jerry Dupree play for GS. He played for my high school when I was there.

Brooks was the steal of the draft.  Too bad he wasn't around for the Blazers to snap him up.  I know, I know.  We're too greedy.

Yep.  You told me that I would like the pick...

I liked the pick initially then the critics made me weezy of the pick. Thanks for the video I have gone back to my initial feelings of this guy. I like the pick!!!

After picking up Scola, Im not as bothered by it. I hope Adelman can develop young talent better than Van Gundy could.

Yeah Im just glad Van Gundy's bald headed a$$ is gone