The goal continues to aim at the Nets draft right! The Rockets want to win the first round signing of the Suns this time?

According to the Houston Chronicle reporter Jonathan Feigen, the Houston Rockets once contacted the Brooklyn Nets in January this year. At that time, they proposed to return the first round of the Nets that were sent to the Rockets in the James Harden big deal to the Nets, and received the future first round of the Phoenix Suns from the Nets. According to the report of Kelly Iko, a reporter from The Athletic, the Rockets are very interested in the first round signing of the Suns by the Nets. It is expected that the Rockets will communicate with the Nets again before the draft conference to see the feasibility of this transaction.

At present, the Rockets hold the first round signing of the Nets this year, the first round signing of the Nets in 2026, the first round swap rights of the Rockets in 2025 and the first round swap rights of the Rockets in 2027. The Nets hold the first round exchange rights of the Sun in 2025, the Sun in 2027, the Sun in 2029 and the Sun in 2028. The Rockets actually take the initiative in the current situation, because the Nets' record this season is actually very bad, and it seems that the team is also difficult to make significant progress in the record in a short time. This year, the Rockets have already got a lottery ticket. If the performance of the Nets is still not improved next season, the Rockets can get another lottery ticket of high rank, and it seems that the probability is not low.

In fact, before the trading deadline of this season, as Feigen said, the Rockets wanted to transfer the draft right of the Nets to the Nets and hoped to get Mikal Bridges from the Nets, but it seemed that the Nets were confident of the team's prospects at that time, and the Nets really had the opportunity to attack the playoffs and even the playoffs, In this case, they resolutely chose to reject the rocket's offer. However, a few months later, the situation completely reversed, the Nets' record plummeted, and the lottery draw ceremony was a direct blow to them. If the Nets choose not to trade with the Rockets, then they are simply in a dilemma. It seems hopeless to have good results, and the training of young players will also be affected. The bad ones are directly for the Rockets. After all, the draft right is in the hands of the Rockets.

Now that the initiative is in the hands of the Rockets, they seem to have a chance to rip off the Nets. Maybe next we have a chance to see a deal similar to Dillon Brooks' plus draft rights deal with Bridges, and even high-quality players like Cameron Johnson, including Day'Ron Sharpe, may become chips that the Rockets can win.