The Houston Rockets offered little drama on draft night last year as their addition of Amen Thompson with the No. 4 pick fell in line with pre-draft prognostications. The picture is far murkier in 2024 with just over a week remaining before the festivities at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Houston, which holds the No. 3 pick next Wednesday night thanks to a lottery-night jump, sports a pair of complications when assessing its likely route. The Rockets have a crowded rotation with six young core pieces plus the veteran duo of Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks, and given end-of-season comments from coach Ime Udoka and general manager Rafael Stone, moving the No.