The Rockets have a GOLDEN opportunity...

The Houston Rockets have a golden opportunity to get either one of two big stars in college basketball this upcoming NBA draft. This can have major ramifications on what the Houston Rockets look like heading into next season and what their game plan could possibly look like. Hello everybody, I am Donovan Ordonez. Welcome to Rockets Digest, your news source for all the latest rumors, news, and updates regarding your Houston Rockets. Before we get to the video, I want to remind you all to not forget to hit that subscribe button. We are going to be a great channel for all Rockets fans. And if you want to stay up to date with all the latest news, you're going to want to subscribe to this channel. It's going to be absolutely fantastic. Don't forget, hit that subscribe button if you like what you see. With that, let's get to our story for today. We all know that the Houston Rockets will have a mid-first-round late lottery draft pick. I think 12, 13, 14 come this upcoming NBA draft. And so there's a lot of decisions to be made with GM Rafael Stone. Are we going to trade that away? Are we going to keep it? And I want to focus on us keeping it. Us, who are the potential prospects that we could possibly get for our draft pick? pick and so as we all know March Madness is upon us college basketball is in full force uh my bracket has been destroyed i don't like that but uh things are are heating up in college basketball there's a lot of good players that are currently still in the tournament heading into weekend two and one of those are two of the players that we're talking about that are still in this tournament are on uh one of the best teams in college basketball if you guessed it You probably get it right. It is the Duke Blue Devils. There are two guys on this team that have the potential of slipping to the Rockets this draft season. Now, I'm not talking about Cooper Flagg. That would be great. But chances of us getting Cooper Flagg are very little. He's probably with a very crappy team. But there's two guys. And according to this new report, it says that there is a chance that Duke's Kamon Maluach could slip all the way to 14 and land in the Houston Rockets' hands. We can draft him with what they project the fourth overall pick. That is Hoopside that is coming out with this new mock draft. And so I want to get into it. Who is Kamon Maluach? What does this mean for the Rockets? So Kamon Maluach is a 7-2 center for the Duke Blue Devils. He's proven to be one of their biggest stars, And he's actually projected to go in the top 10 in a lot of mock drafts And so the potential that the fact that he could possibly slip down to 14 or 12 13 for the Houston Rockets is Big time that is money that is insane value for that pick for the Rockets. So I want to go and show you all that is Jalen Green that does not come on But I want to go and show you guys all what Matt Babcock an NBA draft analyst said about his style He said Maluach's size and mobility make him an imposing defensive force and a reliable finisher around the rim Additionally, he has shown glimpses of untapped offensive Potential now that is insane for a guy his size to still have Offensive potential is insane He is someone that is very very great when it comes to defense as we go over here to his strength He's an elite rim protector He's able to block shots when it comes to people coming in into the paint. He's very athletic. He's allowed to switch defensively and recover quickly in help situations. He's very, very athletic for his size, which is a great advantage for someone heading into the NBA where everything is a lot quicker. He's able to finish a lot of plays, finish around the basket. Again, he's 7'2". That is expected. He can contest a lot of shots, as expected. But he also has shooting potential. He's got a lot of the right mechanics. Everything looks good. It's just a matter of can he actually make shots when it comes down to it. So there's a lot to be said about this guy and what he can bring value and the value that he can bring to the Houston Rockets. If we can get him, that could just further cement that double-big lineup that Emeo Doka has used a lot within these past few games. He really has the potential to be that Steven Adams kind of guy. We don't know how long Steven Adams will be here, but He can do that with Shingun him and Shingun would make a terrifying duo for other teams So if if you want a guy like that uh he's definitely a guy to draft. He's very great. He's very sound defensively, which just further Increase the the efficiency of this defense as we know we are already one of the best When it comes to defense in the NBA So having a guy like him could do tremendous things for our team, but there was another Duke Blue Devil that is on the team that could have a slightly more realistic chance of falling in the Houston Rockets' hands, and that is none other than Kaan Inevol. He is a freshman out of Duke who plays really solid minutes and really has been one of a key player when it comes to the success Duke has had this season. According to our insider earlier, Matt Babcock, he says that Kaan Inevol, a sharpshooter with a high basketball IQ, excels as a shooter, but there's much more to his game. He has quickly risen as a top prospect, and that is certainly true. He has proven himself to be someone that can very, very easily be someone that you can rely on when you want a consistent shooter to get you some points. And so, that brings me to his strengths. He's a three-level scorer. He can score beyond the arc, which he's fantastic at. He's great at the mid-range. It's very, very polished when it comes to him. Going up at the ring. He's very efficient. He can come off those off screens, making him a very consistent offensive threat. He's got a very high basketball IQ. He can read defenses very, very well as a player for Duke in his first season there. That should be no surprise. Duke is known for their schemes. It's known for being a very high IQ basketball team. Plus, Duke is just a good private school, so that should tell you a lot already. But yeah, a lot of strength when it comes to this guy. He's 6'7", which is a great height for someone in the NBA. Someone his height can have an advantage of shooting over smaller defenders. And so that is something that is a huge advantage when it comes to his game in that aspect. As far as his concerns, he does struggle a lot with his defense and his athleticism. He is not the most athletic guy on the draft board when it comes to draft day. He does struggle to move laterally against his main counterparts. He's not as fast. He's a lot slower, making it easier for guys to kind of go right by him. And he relies a lot on the help. And so if you're going to play in the NBA, let alone the Houston Rockets, you are going to have to take steps in upgrading your defense. The Houston Rockets are a team that take immense pride in how to play defense. and that just kind of shows that like if they do if they do go out and get this guy that means that they really really truly believe that he will be a an asset when it comes to a shooting they believe in his offensive ability that much that they're willing to work on his defense a lot more and get that to the place that he needs to be now one thing that they will say about his offense is that he tends to play at only one speed in transition uh that just kind of limits his unpredictability makes it easier to guard and so in the NBA you got to change it up a lot and so getting more move sets and things like that that can help him reach a status of where he can score in a little bit more of a variety of ways can definitely help him as he is on the Houston Rockets next season so with that being said i want to know what you guys think about these two guys are they people worth going after or do you think our chances of getting them are just not in the cards who else should we get who should we get uh that's currently in March Madness or unfortunately got sent home who do you think will be a great asset to this team or do you think we should hit this pick away do you think we should go out there and get a guy like KD get a guy like D Book what should we do let me know in the comments i am very very happy take a look at it see what you guys are thinking and with that thank you guys so much for joining me here on Rockets Digest we'll see you next time