How Montrezl Harrell Can Become Houston Rockets’ Next Secret Success Story

July 14th, 2015 by Kelly Scaletta Leave a reply »

Montrezl Harrell, the Houston Rockets' second-round pick taken 32nd in this year’s draft, might not be the league’s next superstar. He might not even see much time with the mothership this year. But he landed in the right organization to become a longtime NBA player.

He has the physical tools.

Only 6’7” without shoes, according to NBA.com, he has a condor-like 7’4.25” wingspan. That 9.25-inch difference is greater than any differential to be found in the history of the official NBA draft combine at DraftExpress.

He’s a high-motor player who likes to do things like this:



Following his first summer league game, in which he scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds en route to leading the Rockets to a 108-89 victory of the Phoenix Suns, Harrell addressed the initial disappointment of dropping to the second round in a postgame interview with NBA TV (h/t Kyle Williams, The Courier Journal):

That's out the window now. All of us who got drafted are rookies now, and we're all out there trying to prove ourselves and feel like we belong in this league. ...

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