<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>June 4, 2006, 3:12AMNBA NOTEBOOK<span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%">Rockets tuned in to Redick</span>Team undecided, but Duke shooter an option at No. 8<span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%">By JONATHAN FEIGEN</span>Copyright 2006 Houston ChronicleWhen the remote control offered escape from the Rockets' frustrating season and sent fans from Rockets games to the alternative of college basketball, it was easy to imagine the latter providing a solution for the former.Squint a bit and you could see J.J. Redick, Duke's sharpshooter and the ACC's all-time leading scorer, knocking down all those shots given to Rockets perimeter players by defenses forced to flock to Yao Ming or Tracy McGrady.Redick is the best shooter the Rockets have a chance to land in the June 28 NBA Draft and offers a feel for the game and over-the-top determination. They desperately need shooting. It seems an ideal fit.But with this draft, with even the top prospects coming with huge holes to also consider, nothing is so easy.Redick, perhaps the draft's most interesting and most polarizing prospect, worked out for the Rockets on Saturday, and they would have to consider him with the eighth pick. But as much as anyone, he embodies how difficult their choice might be.They need shooting. He is a shooter. But they need length and quickness, especially defensively. Redick is said to measure 6-3 1/4 with an unusually short wingspan of about 6-2. He is better athletically than many assume, but he is far from a Rodney Carney, Ronnie Brewer or Rudy Gay.Redick could make himself more than a specialist but is unlikely to be a 36-minute guard who matches up with Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade or Manu Ginobili."People get caught up in talking about what someone can't do," Redick said. "I'm not going to drive and dunk on a 7-footer. I probably won't dunk on a breakaway. I think I can do some things. I can't get caught up in that and I don't feel the need to combat that. I want my game to speak for itself."There's always been doubts about me. When I was a freshman in high school, everybody said I'd have a down year as a sophomore because people knew about me. I wasn't going to play at Duke; I wasn't athletic enough. But I'm a competitor. I found ways to contribute to teams. I found ways to help teams win."That sounds good, and it is irrefutable. Besides, it would be nice to not have to turn the channel to see open shots go in."They could use outside shooting," Redick said of the Rockets. "Richie (Frahm) and David Wesley are unrestricted free agents. There's no guarantee they will sign. I think they want a two-guard or an athletic wing. I feel like I'm in the mix."He is, but he's not a sure thing, which is typical for this draft and the Rockets' choice.</div>LINK: HERE
