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The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.
Hosts Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) of USA Today's Rockets Wire to recap the thrilling NBA Draft Lottery in which the Houston Rockets received the third overall pick. They predict the draft order of the top 5 selections and then discuss some possible trade up and trade down options for the Rockets. Finally they speak about Paulo's experience becoming an Astros fan from Portugal.
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Host Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) is joined by Madison Moore (@MadManLeaks) and Parker Ainsworth (@painsworth512) to live react to the NBA Lottery from the Rockets perspective, followed by their thoughts on how it might impact the Rockets draft strategy.
#NBA #NBADraft #Lottery #DraftLottery #Draft #Houston #Rockets #HoustonRockets #Pick #Prospect #PaoloBanchero #ChetHolmgren #JabariSmith #Banchero #Holmgren #Jabari
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Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves(@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Nathan Fogg(@NathanFogg1) to cover a variety or Rockets draft topics after first taking a look at Rockets head coach Stephen Silas and how his offense developed over the last season. Chet Holmgren's fit with Alperen Sengun is examined and then Nathan tells Paulo and Don when the Rockets shouldn't be so high on Duke Forward Paolo Banchero. In the final segment they do a deep dive into Purdue guard Jaden Ivey and Kentucky guard Shaedon Sharpe and why Nathan believes most draft analysts are ranking them too low.
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Hosts Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Clutch City Control Room Founder Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) to finish their grading of Rafael Stone's trade as the general manager of the Houston Rockets. Part two picks up following the James Harden trade to the Brooklyn Nets.
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Hosts Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) of USA Today's Rockets Wire to conduct their second Houston Rockets centric 2022 NBA mock draft of the offseason. After making the selections, they discuss what the Rockets rotation would look like with the two new draft picks and preview a few trades that would likely have to happen to get the new players into the rotation. The first mock draft can be found here.
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Hosts Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Andrew Soukup (@asoukuptx) to first debate whether the Houston Rockets should hold on to forward Christian Wood and possibly even sign him to an extension. Then they discuss the possibility of the Rockets drafting Gonzaga forward Chet Holmgren if the team secures a top 3 pick during the NBA draft lottery, which is currently less than two weeks away. Finally they preview the Rockets 2023 rotation and give a way too early win total prediction.
Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by J Dubb (@TheMindOfJDubb) to first introduce J Dubb to the YouTube and podcast audience and talk about how he became a Rockets fan. Then the show transitions into mock drafting the first 17 picks in the 2022 NBA Draft. The Rockets, of course, will have pick number 17 as well as a guaranteed top 5 draft pick. #Rockets #NBA #NBADraft
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Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Clutch City Control Room Founder Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) discuss Kenyon Martin Sr.'s recent appearance on a local radio station where he expressed some discontent with KJ's role on the Rockets up to this point and the lack of winning. Then they give trade grades for Rockets GM Rafael Stone has done from the beginning of his tenure as GM through the James Harden trade.
Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) of USA Today's Rockets Wire to discuss the recent news that University of Kentucky guard Shaedon Sharpe has become eligible for the NBA draft and will enter the draft pool. Then they answer questions from the Rockets Twitter mailbag including what they would want in a Christian Wood or Eric Gordon trade, what they want to see from Coach Stephen Silas next season, and what the team can do to fix the defense going into 2022-2023. Finally they answer a few fun non-basketball related questions.
Don Knock (@DonKnock) and Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) are joined by Dave Hardisty (@ClutchFans) of ClutchFans to give a brief history of the site and talk about Don's experience posting there. A recent report by Kelly Iko regarding potential figures for contract extensions for Kevin Porter Jr. and Jae'Sean Tate is discussed. Finally, the trio talk about Dave's overall draft philosophy and what they would each like to do with the pick owed to the Rockets by the Brooklyn Nets.
The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.