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Rockets trade letters? The wrong direction is in vain! Stone flew a shot, but actually secretly Durant

5:44am, 24 May 2025【Basketball】

Recently, rumors of Rockets trading are flying everywhere, false and real, and I didn't see any real news. It was obvious that it was fake. It was all the major American media broke the news. It was hard to say whether it was true or not to deliberately let the trading team see it. This is hard to say, and there is also this possibility. Since there is news, we might as well analyze it carefully to see if it is feasible. After all, you must dare to think and do it. At present, the most rumors about the Rockets are the news of trading Antetokounmpo on the Bucks. According to my opinion, Stone is still secretly trying to deal with Durant, so let's analyze it carefully.

The Suns' first round chips in the Rockets' hands are the future of the Suns. The Rockets have three unprotected first-round picks in the future, namely:

1, 2025 first round

2, 2027 first round

3, 2029 first round

3, and 2029 first round

The Rockets firmly control the core assets of the Suns' future reconstruction through trading. The flexibility of the three unprotected first-round picks provides important bargaining chips for the team's reconstruction or trading reinforcement.

Rockets trade Antetokounmpo's chips

Antetokounmpo's chips

There are still three years and 175 million contracts. The Rockets' American media proposed a 7-for-1 transaction plan:

1, Jaylen Green

2, Jabary Smith

3, Cam Whitmore

4, 2025 Suns' first round 10 picks

5, 2027 Suns' first round 3, 202 In the first round of the Suns or Mavericks in 9 years, the first round of the Rockets in 2031, Stone must not be confused, although Antetokounmpo is a once-in-a-lifetime superstar, after coming to the Rockets, it is really suitable for the Rockets. After all, with Amen Thompson, who has overlapping positions, the Rockets' projection will be a disaster. The Rockets cannot ignore the future plan in order to get Antetokounmpo, causing the entire team to change directions. As the saying goes, "If the direction is wrong, the efforts are in vain"! If this deal is reached, the Rockets will fail. So many years have been wasted, and it will take less than three years to bring down and rebuild again. Stone could not have letters for the sake of letters.

Amen Thompson, the Rockets' only non-sale product

, proposed at the season summary meeting between Stone and Uduka that Amen Thompson is the Rockets' only non-sale product, which means that the Rockets regard Amen Thompson as the Rockets' stabilizing needle in the future and cannot be shaken. If the team is built around Amen Thompson, then players who complement him must be introduced. The Rockets have also seen how much abilities Jaylen Green and Jabbarry Smith are, so Uduka proposed that next season, shepherd and Whitmore will also give Tanhua Shepard and Whitmore a lot of time and opportunities to let them both seize the opportunity.

The negotiations with the Bucks actually reduced the price of the Suns to Durant's chips

We all know that the Suns spent amazing chips to get Durant at the beginning, but things went against their expectations. Durant and the Suns failed to cooperate with each other for a win-win situation, and the Suns broke up unhappily. The Suns management wanted to get more value from Durant, but the Rockets were not stupid. After all, Durant is already 37 years old and has only one year contract. With Durant's current strength, the Rockets can fully utilize Durant's finishing ability to enhance the Rockets' championship-winning strength. The Rockets don't want to make too many signings, and both sides will be here. The Rockets can only use means to put pressure on the Suns management in order to find Stone to achieve a win-win result.

Finally, I still hope that the Rockets can introduce Durant with reasonable bargaining chips. On the basis of the Rockets' unshakable basic market, Durant will be more powerful if Durant comes.

Don’t choose the best one, just choose the right one. I think Stone thinks the same!

★For Durant chips:

1, VanVleet

2, Jabary Smith

3, Lander

4, 2027 first round

5, 2029 first round