NASA on Friday announced its next rocket will be its most powerful and called it "America's Next Great Rocket." The NBA draft is not likely to land the Rockets players billed so breathlessly, but the future rocket and Rockets could have something in common. Their potential might be predicted but will not be realized for three or four years. For all that has changed with the basketball-playing Rockets, that much has not. They went deeper in the playoffs than in any season since 1997. They won more playoff series than in the rest of general manager Daryl Morey's previous seven seasons as GM combined. They hope to bring back more of the previous season's roster than he ever has. But they will go into Thursday's draft determined to choose the best player they can get, regardless of need, and to look at the potential three or four years later. "We're still focused on the best player available," Morey said via text message. For the Rockets, that is not just a strategy heading into this season's draft, considered strong well into the first round; that is a philosophy every season. Many teams contend they will choose only the best player on the board when they are on the clock - and after the draft insist the player they took was just who they wanted - but the Rockets' recent history choosing players at the same position supports their argument. - See more at: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...hp?t=884542eac6f992f472&cmpid=twitter-premium
