Whereas the Houston Rockets had been linked with a commerce pursuit of Mikal Bridges again in January, they had been additionally looking for a solution to convert a few of their future picks into picks that stretch additional out into the long run.
Throughout that commerce dialogue, the Rockets provided the Brooklyn Nets their very own first spherical picks again to them in change for the picks from the Phoenix Suns.
The Nets declined that situation as they had been pursuing a spot within the playoffs final season.
The Rockets in the end held onto Brooklyn’s decide within the 2024 draft and it moved up within the lottery to No. 3.
Houston might attain out to different groups with the same stockpile of picks such because the Utah Jazz or the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder.
The Rockets traded James Harden to the Nets in 2021 for unprotected first spherical picks in 2022, 2024 and 2026, together with decide swaps in 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2027. Brooklyn subsequently traded Kevin Durant to the Suns in 2023 for first spherical picks in 2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029, in addition to a decide swap in 2028.
