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...at least that's what the Insider is strongly suggesting in their most recent analysis of this June's draft. According to them, here's what the Rockets intend to do:
GM Carroll Dawson and coach Rudy Tomjanovich are in China in an effort to secure a written agreement with the Chinese Basketball Association. If they can hammer something out within the next 10 days, Yao will be a Rocket. If they can't, the team is leaning away from trading the pick. Instead they will likely grab Dunleavy at small forward. That's why the next 10 days are so crucial. They need to have a firm understanding of what happens so they can send a clear signal to Dunleavy. It's possible that Dunleavy will stay in the draft anyway, but the Rockets don't want to take the chance that they lose him and Yao. If they are blown away by a trade offer or if worse comes to worst and they can draft neither, Butler would be their guy.
This is exactly what Krause is hoping the Rockets will do...either its Ming, or its Dunleavy, or its Butler, in that order. In each case that leaves Jay Williams for the Bulls. Pure speculation? Who knows? We should know more by 6/19.
GM Carroll Dawson and coach Rudy Tomjanovich are in China in an effort to secure a written agreement with the Chinese Basketball Association. If they can hammer something out within the next 10 days, Yao will be a Rocket. If they can't, the team is leaning away from trading the pick. Instead they will likely grab Dunleavy at small forward. That's why the next 10 days are so crucial. They need to have a firm understanding of what happens so they can send a clear signal to Dunleavy. It's possible that Dunleavy will stay in the draft anyway, but the Rockets don't want to take the chance that they lose him and Yao. If they are blown away by a trade offer or if worse comes to worst and they can draft neither, Butler would be their guy.
This is exactly what Krause is hoping the Rockets will do...either its Ming, or its Dunleavy, or its Butler, in that order. In each case that leaves Jay Williams for the Bulls. Pure speculation? Who knows? We should know more by 6/19.