I’m usually a staunch hater of the phrase “last night was a movie”, but I couldn’t think of a better way to encapsulate how well last night’s draft shook out for the Houston Rockets. It can’t be overstated how unpredictable it was that we ended up with BOTH Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore.
Two top 10, perhaps top five, prospects ending up on the same team is something this city hasn’t seen since... well, April, when the Houston Texans did it, but still! Along with Ausar Thompson, these were two of the three players that the Rockets were projected to take with the fourth pick, given that the top three picks were virtually locked in.