Orlando Magic rookie Paolo Banchero revealed to Yahoo's Chris Haynes that prior to the draft, he had been expecting to join the Houston Rockets. "Just all the stuff that was being put out there was that I was going No. 3 to Houston," Banchero said. "That's kind of where my mind was at, and I was fine with it. I was going to be happy wherever I ended up because I knew at the end of the day I would be fine. But in Houston, I would say that's where my head was at that time."
Banchero went on to say that Rockets guards Jalen Green and Josh Christopher would call him to answer any questions he had about the organization and city.