gotta be the rockets. i'd love to move with the culture of the experience and say the knicks, but the rockets were more boneheaded, and that is fact. the knicks had the 20th pick. the rockets had the 8th. the knicks could have gotten a player with much more potential than the dude they picked, but at pick #20, its a crap shoot anyways. the rockets, on the other hand, had a top 10 pick that would have landed them a guy with HUGE potential and a HUGE ceiling. gay could very well be a star in this league, while battier has already reached the height of his ceiling. you know what you're gonna get from battier, and that's solid roleplaying to go along with some veteran leadership. gay, on the other hand, has more raw talent right now than battier has altogether. that's not a knock on battier. he's probably one of the most consistent, versatile, and hard working role players in the league. but you don't trade the 8th pick and stromile swift (overrating aside) to get him.