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It is a foregone conclusion that the Rockets have obtained Duran. At this stage, Durant can only give so much

4:43pm, 15 June 2025【Basketball】

I couldn't see clearly before. After so many days of trouble, I should be able to guess that the Suns' ultimate ideal trading target is the Rockets. Other teams such as the Spurs are purely pulled out and raised the price. The Spurs have no motivation to ask Durant. The Suns contact us to sell. The Spurs symbolically quote a price. The Suns are raising news about the news that the Suns are raising each other. There is no one in the Spurs. If you really trade Durant, I don't believe it. The Suns want to exchange Durant for their draft picks. The Rockets feel it is not worth it, and the Suns are reluctant to give Booker. It is probably already

I think the Rockets have Durant for Durant. The Suns' salary space has been locked and the record is not good. It is true that there is no future. Therefore, the Suns' most urgent idea is to play a bad job and rebuild it. But if you don't have a draft pick, how can you rebuild it? The Rockets hold the Suns' future draft pick in their hands, so I think it should be a foregone conclusion that Durant goes to the Rockets. Let's see how the Rockets can kill the price, after all, the initiative lies with the Rockets.

I guess the Rockets will not add this offer, and they will not add even the first round draft picks. First of all, Van Jordan faces the issue of renewing the contract. If the team option with an original 44 million yuan option is not implemented, it will be difficult for him to accept a contract with an annual salary of less than 30 million yuan. However, as a bargaining chip for trading Durant, he can trade directly alone and does not need a matching contract such as Garlandale and Holiday (and these matching contracts are not helpful to the Suns). Then, in terms of draft picks, it is estimated that I will give the No. 10 pick. I will definitely not give it to the first round in 27 and 29 years. The main reason is that this year's draft is considered an ordinary year, but the No. 10 pick is worth 2 mid-sections of the first round or 3 late-sections of the first round, so the Rockets don't want to provide future first-round picks.

Let's talk about why Green can't be a bargaining chip. Green is useless to the Suns. It is impossible for three shooting guards to play mahjong together. To pull a team like the Nets to be a three-party, you have to pay extra chips, but the Rockets and the Suns don't want to come out. Besides, the management still has expectations for Green. After all, Green's new contract is also beneficial to the team. Playing for another year of observation or trading other stars at their peak is a good bargaining chip. Durant is a bit too old and has a high risk of injury. Although the chip with the number 10 of Van Vlitter looks ordinary, Van Vlitter is useful to the Suns. One is to solve the problem of point guards so that Booker can attack with peace of mind. The other is to directly not renew the contract in the summer of 26 or renew the contract at a low price, which can directly reduce the Suns to tax. The 10th pick can choose a rookie center, such as Maruac, who may fall off, or choose Quinn, or choose Sauber or Bollinger, or choose downward trade.

For the Suns, he must have wanted the Rockets to add both the first rounds of 27 and 29 to the chips, but the Rockets have absolute initiative and will not give them, because to put it bluntly, these chips are prepared for stars like Antetokounmpo. The Suns' mind is that I will get back the first round of the 10th draw and 27th and 29th this year (even if I get at least 27th), so that they can set up a new lineup next season to play. After all, the right to swap the first round is in the hands of others.

Then he played badly in the 26-27 season and got a high pick. The Nets have the right to swap in 28 years, but the Nets may not be able to get better. Let's talk about it in 29 years. To sum up, Durant is five years younger. Not to mention all these draft picks, I have to give Green or Shin Kyung, but at this stage, Adu is embarrassed to give so many.