Do you think the Rockets should have traded Rudy Gay in the draft?

Definitely the right decision, eventhough, I am not sure that they got enough for the pick. Rudy Gay, as highly touted as he is/ was, slipped(?) all the way to 8. Maybe you should first consider that, secondly, he seems to disappear an awful lot. Lastly, I'm not sure that Gay is going to be any better than Eddie Griffin was to the Rockets. Eventhough Shane Battier has the curse of Duke working against him by default, I think that he is a part of the newer breed of Dukies to hit the NBA, ie, Elton Brand, Cory Maggette, etc. Battier will fill a void on the Rockets, a real shooter and he can defend. This should pay big dividends for the Rockets if T Mac and Yao can stay relatively healthy. There may be a hidden bonus in this deal also---if Houston can talk Memphis into throwing in the point guard (Lowry), they'll really help themselves. Lowry is good, very good. Houston did the right thing in trading Gay.