Rockets acquire Suns picks, return Nets picks to Brooklyn

Net wouldnt blow it all up if they didnt get their picks back. You are one of the veteran posters here you didnt realize that?

Sean Marks didnt trade Bridges to the Knicks and then call the Rox for their picks back. Like why would he tank the years they dont own their picks can you explain that?

Whats even crazier is you suddenly jump into Stone's ego? How the F did ego even come into play here? Y'all are crazy AF.

 

I am not a fan of this trade and do not want to see them give up anything for an over 35 year old Durant. That would be just plain stupid. If the goal is to try to eventually get Booker here then it makes more sense.

 

I just want to say that most people understand the bridges trade was likely contingent on the Hou/bkn trade.

I keep seeing that like it’s new info… even if that trade doesn’t happen I’d prefer that 2025 pick to what we got. BKN would not have been good next year. They didn’t have cap space to improve, no one wants to play there and the fact they made this trade shows they had no path to majorly upgrade the team.

One injury or bad luck that pick is worth more than every pick we got back.

unless there is another move coming this was not a good trade.

Could things change? Sure. Could one of these drafts end up being a stacked draft with multiple wembys? Sure. But that is impossible to know and unlikely. So in the moment without a major move coming eminently , this was not a good trade.

 

No one should be looking at this deal as individual picks in a specific draft. Stone wanted quantity. Look what the Nets got for Mikal Bridges. If you want to make a trade, you have to have picks. The other team doesn’t care how good the picks are or if they are in a good draft class or not. They just want a high count total on the picks. Stone increased our number of tradeable picks. Mission accomplished.

Now, cashing them in for a 35+ aging superstar would be a different story.

 

Right now this looks like a major L, even worse if we go for freaking KD…

 

I dont understand this trade at all.

 

Harden assets from Nets

Tari Eason
#3 2024
#? 2027 (Nets will suck)

Harden assets from Suns

2025 Swap (Suns) Meh…
2027 FRP (Suns)
2029 FRP (Suns)
2029 FRP (Dallas)

These picks are gold, and we have a huge window to make use of them now.

 

I don’t see how BKN could have passed on that Bridges offer.

5 first, all but one UNP, and a swap, and 2nds, and a decent vet in Bojan. For a souped up ROLE PLAYER?

I refuse to believe that BKN accepting that offer was contingent on anything. Marks clearly isn’t an idiot.

Feels like fans are stocking up the copium after hyping those 2 drafts for years now.

The Stone era has a theme, and that’s been subpar asset management.

 

It was definitely contingent on getting their own picks back. New York picks #25 this year. If Bridges makes them better, then those future picks will all be around that spot or later. Those are Tyty Washington/Josh Christopher level picks. They are next to worthless, except for trading purposes. The only way they trade Bridges and start rebuilding is if they get their own picks back. They cannot rebuild with those Knicks picks.

 

I think we have to be patient in judging this deal. I think folks were already counting their Cooper Flagg egg, when, in reality, there was really only a very small chance of them landing that first pick. Frankly, there's still a small chance. Who knows how quickly the Suns will implode? Does anyone really think that's not inevitable?

In the end, they trade one pick and one swap for two picks and two swaps. They move the window forward for adding new prospects to a very crowded young roster. They add more fodder for star chasing. This CAN work out for the better for the Rockets.

 

Brooklyn 2026 pick appreciation thread

 

It wasn't a gauranteed lotto pick though. BKN wasn't going to trade Bridges unless they got back their picks from the Rockets. If they didn't get those picks back they had absolutely no incentive to tank to make the Rockets better.

 

Just saw this on /Suns





LOL

 

Spurs will be better. Memphis will be better. We will be better. Hell, OKC will be better and they had the best record. The West is a beast and if Durant is checked out, they're screwed.

 

exactly. People who can't see Suns being bad are the same people who kept saying Stone messed up by sending Harden to the Nets.

 

Phoenix's potential "championship window" with their big three will not stay open long. They are one serious injury, with a largely injury-prone roster, from falling out of contention in the West. SA, Sacramento, Houston, and NO are all set to reload. Even the Blazers might get their act together. I wouldn't take it for granted that they will be a top-5 team in 2025.

I don't mind holding the Sun's future draft capital, but it won't be to secure Durant. He wouldn't want to be the senior spokesman on a young team. He's no Uncle Jeff.

I wouldn't mind if we could pry Booker loose; I'm sure he would love to play for Udoka, but Phoenix will try to improve their bench and run it back.

When Phoenix does push the reset button, the Rockets FO can facilitate the relocation of one of their big 3 to a new team of their choice and secure future resources.

Will Stone's gamble work? Let's see what he gets out of the lottery today.

 

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In 2023-24, Durant had a salary of $46.4 million, but that number is going up. Next season, the forward is set to make $49.9 million in salary, followed by another bump in 2025-26, making $53.3 million in the final year of his deal.

He is under contract through the 2025-26 season, and will be a free agent in 2026.

Season Age Salary
2023-24 35 $46.4 million
2024-25 36 $49.9 million
2025-26 37 $53.3 million
2026 38 UFA

2023-24 season

• 27.1 points per game
• 6.6 rebounds per game
• 5.0 assists per game
• 52.3 percent field goal shooting
• 41.3 percent 3-point shooting
• 85.6 percent free throw shooting

Career

• 27.3 points per game
• 7.0 rebounds per game
• 4.4 assists per game
• 50.1 percent field goal shooting
• 38.7 percent 3-point shooting
• 88.4 percent free throw shooting