For 2025 you mean? I don't think that helps. PHX can't pick - their pick is under BKN'S control. If we release the swap it would mean (currently) we then pick at 25 and BKN at 12. No help for PHX. We can include their CLE 2025 pick though, and put that in the swap, so they get their pick back and get flipped to the CLE pick.
Didn't see this posted. Lakers after Steven Adams Lakers Reportedly Targeting Houston Rockets’ Center
As part of the ridiculous CP3 trade we owed 2024 and 2026 picks. That obligation will be gone next year. We also owed 2021 and 2025 swaps. Because we managed to land the lotto pick for Jalen Green in the top 4 we killed the first swap. OKC is going to exercise the second swap this year. Its Top 20 protected. Our luck is that we have the Phoenix swap to negate it. OKC might get to move up a few slots but we get wherever PHX lands so we win. The Westbrook trade ended up a late lotto pick last year and a late 1st next year. We got back a late 1st for trading Westbrook for John Wall. So essentially it was a late lotto pick. If you count what we did to them in the Sengun trade where they also go virtually nothing we trade a late lotto pick for Sengun. Rafael has been good at trading picks and horrible at trading players by way of the Harden deal. He has misjudged players in trades. Oladipo over LeVert and Jarrett Allen that were movable assets. When to dump Wood, Wall, Gordon, etc. He did well in the 2nd Brooklyn trade to get the PHX assets but I wanted more and I think he could have squeezed PHI 2027 out of it.
I doubt Valanciunas tips the scales for the Suns lol. https://heavy.com/sports/nba/nba-trade-deadline-bucks-suns-line-up-for-deals-with-wizards/
I believe the pick is only top 10 protected. OKC has the right to swap with EITHER us (protected 1-10) OR LAC. After they exercise their right, we can then choose to swap with PHX. We will be swapping either our pick OR OKC's pick. (After the swap PHX owes what they are left with to BKN) So currently OKC is taking the swap with the Clippers. But if we keep losing, they'll take our swap, but we can swap with PHX no matter what. Essentially unless PHX has a better record than OKC we are good.
I don't understand how yall watch the games and think we need a center who can't shoot. Our center just had 20/20. If any of our guards can create any semblance of offense we would win easily.
I'm alright with making changes, I just don't like any of the current options - they are either too old or marginal if at all upgrades or wreck our cap.
What would it take to go from Holiday to Lonzo? It would not hurt long term pland and would give us some size and shooting and maybe betters odds of increasing back up minutes.
That is a reasonable take. We do have to maintain flexibiltiy for the off-season. I think a couple of trades around the perimeter where we pick up a couple of flyers for a playoff run or pick up some draft picks to help some Eastern conference teams get under the 2nd Apron is what comes of this dealine, if anything at all. My biggest fear is somebody bales out Phoenix and our trade assets become less valuable. The way we are playing right now the 25 Phoenix pick might not be much of an upgrade over ours, although our schedule is pretty easy down the stretch.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/nba-trade-deadline-luka-davis-trade/TCQ1VIMH3cPt/ Rockets seeking additional rotation player to keep up in crowded West The Houston Rockets (32-18) have opted against diving head first into the trade market, preferring to ride the momentum that has carried them thus far. Quietly, though, the team is on a four-game losing streak and has fallen to third in the West, two games behind Memphis (34-16) and just one game ahead of Denver (31-19). The Rockets' recent skid, which includes a pair of losses to the lowly Brooklyn Nets, has highlighted glaring weaknesses with their rim protection and ball-handling. This week, the bulk of incoming and outgoing trade calls for Houston has been concentrated around rival teams looking to escape the luxury tax — or, at the very least, shed salary to lessen their incoming tax bill. The Rockets are around $10 million under the tax and have an open roster spot, along with their full midlevel exception, which can now be used as a trade exception under the new CBA. Houston is willing to do business in the event that second-round compensation is included, a team source said. One such example is in Philadelphia. The Rockets expect fifth-year forward K.J. Martin to be traded and were one of the teams that held discussions with the 76ers recently, the source said. Martin, the former Rocket who is earning around $8 million this season with an $8.025 million non-guarantee for 2025-26, is a solid rotation player and high-flyer that is solid on the glass and from the perimeter (38.1 percent from 3. He's on an underperforming 76ers team (19-29) that finds themselves approximately $6.4 million above the luxury tax. Houston isn’t targeting Martin, per se, but that is the exact concept of a marginal move the front office is looking to make ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. The Rockets can realistically acquire a player making up to $10 million. Standing pat would be less than ideal, especially in a Western Conference that is traditionally competitive. As seen in Tuesday’s 99-97 loss to Brooklyn, Houston is just a Fred VanVleet injury away from being incredibly thin at point guard. Second-year forward Amen Thompson, who had seven turnovers against the Nets, still has a ways to go in his development despite an impressive month-long stint as a starter.
