Lose a flower! Abandonment of Harden's final bitter fruit, the new action of the Rockets is exposed, and the Nets are forced to yield

This year, the Nets' 24 year draft right was a draw for the Rockets, and the Rockets' own draft right was ranked 12th by Thunder. It's nothing for the Rockets. It's just the first round of 12th place. However, the Nets' drawing of a probe for them made the Rockets very excited, because it was not just 24 years. The first round of the Nets in 25, 26 and 27 years were also in the hands of the Rockets. In that year, the trade between the Nets and the Green Army brought Boston a champion and a prospect, and the Green Army turned into Tatum and Jay Brown.

These are the two cornerstones of the current Green Army, which are completed by the Nets for them. The Rockets' operation in the Harden trade also successfully copied the former Green Army welfare. The draft right of the Nets has brought Ethan, the team's largest player, to the Rockets, and now it has turned into an exploratory draw. In the next three years, the Nets are likely to continue to bring high ranking draft right to the Rockets. But Rockets general manager Stone is not satisfied with this, he has always wanted to complete the exchange operation with the Nets. It means that the Rockets use the Nets' draft right to exchange the Suns' draft right in the Nets' hands.

We can understand Stone's idea that the Sun is even more backward in the draft. In Durant's transaction, the Sun signed its four unprotected first rounds in 2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029 to the Nets, with 28 years of first round swap rights. If the Rockets can use the unprotected draft right of the Nets to exchange for the draft right of the Suns, it will really make a lot of money. Durant is getting older and older. Booker was originally the key player but not the leader. Bill was paid 50 million yuan but was incompetent. The sun is not far away from disintegration.

It's like the moment the Nets got Harden, they could have lasted for a long time, but head coach Nash and the management have been targeting Harden. This led to the subsequent departure of Harden and the disintegration of the Big Three. The Sun also faced such a situation that it collapsed at the moment of trading Paul for Bill. Compared with the future of the Nets, combined with the current situation of the Sun, and then chose to continue to delay the time, Stone is really very stable. Many people said that the Nets would be willing to swap with you? Indeed, the Nets rejected the Rockets for the first time.

On this year's trade deadline, the Rockets contacted the Nets, hoping to return the draft rights to them in exchange for the Phoenix draft rights. The Nets rejected the Rockets directly, but the situation is constantly changing. This time, the Nets management's mentality was a bit broken when the online lottery was drawn to Tanhua. According to the report of Kelly Iko, a reporter with the Rockets, he confirmed that Stone, the team's general manager, had contacted the Nets and hoped to get the news of the Suns draft right in the other team's hands. At the same time, Kelly Iko revealed that the Rockets will not stop this plan. Before the draft day on June 26, they will contact the Nets again to talk about whether they can exchange the Suns draft right in the other side's hands.

The reason why Stone is so determined may be that the attitude of the Nets has begun to loosen. Rockets want the future of the sun in order to maximize benefits. But the Nets have no time to wait. They need to get the cornerstone of their rise in the next three years. 25 years is the year of talent selection, and 26 and 27 years are also good opportunities. If the Nets can get back the draft right in the next three years, or even the 24 years of exploratory signing, I think the Nets will be willing to give the Suns draft right. They had no way to refuse the rocket's offer, but were forced to yield. From the moment Harden's trade was completed, the Nets had no way out.

We can also understand why the Rockets want to exchange the draft rights of the Suns. The Nets have an advantage in the east because there is little competition. It's hard for the Rockets to bet on high ranking rookies. As long as the Nets are not bad, the Rockets can't have the luck to draw high ranking rookies every year. In contrast, the Sun is more likely to bring high returns to the Rockets in the more competitive western region. Moreover, there are many young people in the Rockets' team now. Stone really doesn't want to add new players, mainly because he doesn't have the resources to cultivate so many new players. So it would be a good strategy to give back the draft right to the Nets while they want to rebuild their own draft right.