Patterson’s game is similar to Luis Scolia, in that both are such efficient offensive players off the pick and roll, with the ability to finish from both the inside AND the outside. While you say his jumper is a new development, I personally remember him knocking down a few outside shots in impressive fashion at Kentucky. His finishing ability inside was somewhat overshadowed this last year, but he was basically the do it all man before John Wall etc came on the scene.

The Rockets love these sorts of players, and i thought him to be an immediate upgrade over Dave Anderson, Chuck Hayes, Jordan Hill and Jarred Jefferies. Id say his offensive game is more polished than all of them right now, and he’s probably close defensively right now as well.

So basically the Rockets have drafted a player whose skill set fits in perfectly with a very defined role the team has in its offense. He will be solid role/bench player in his first year and will probably get in games ahead of the motley crue of undersized bench players i have listed above.

We should highlight rebounding somewhere in here, because that’s a big part of this “role” the Rockets have, but let it be known that Pattterson can do that as well. And he does it in the same sneaky effective manner as Scolia. Both will be going along in the flow of a game, knock down a jumper here, get an o rebound putback there, and then you look up and they have 16 pts and 8 rbs.

Im sure it has something to do with the advanced stats the Rockets use

I knew Patterson could shoot, but i did not think he had 3 pt range. Ill have to see that a few more times to believe it.