The Nets plunge into a reconstruction phase after the trade with the Knicks, and the receipt of five first rounders of the Draft, including one unprotected, and the Rockets returned to the Nets their first choice of the 2026 Draft, which they had recovered in the James Harden trade. The Nets give them, in exchange, the Suns' first round of Draft in 2027, and the possibility of exchanging their first round of Draft in 2025, against that of the Suns in 2025, which belongs to the Nets since the exchange of Kevin Durant .
In addition, the Rockets recover the unprotected first rounder from the Suns in 2027. As for the Nets, they will have the possibility, in 2025, to recover the choice of the Rockets or the Thunder.
It's ultra complex, but it is rumored that the Rockets have an idea in mind with this stack of choices that belong to the Suns: give them back to set up a trade for… Kevin Durant! This is what the Houston Chronicleand we will have to follow the discussions of this night very closely during the Draft, since Houston has the 3rd choice, and it is in high demand.
