If you thought Luka Dončić being exchanged in the middle of the night was a crazy timing, what would you say Kevin during shipped to Houston Rockets The day of the match 7 of the Nba Finals! It is true, people, the agreement of during that everyone was waiting for occurred on Sunday morning. The details are below.
- Phoenix obtains: Green Jalen,, Dillon BrooksChoice n ° 10 in the draft this week and five second round choices
- Houston obtains: An All-Star of 15 times and a first class ticket in the links!
It was as if we still advanced in the direction of during Houston. Now that it’s done, let’s nominate the job.
Houston Rockets: a
Houston has nailed this. For all the speeches on the fact of Phoenix, lacking leverage here, we are still talking about Kevin during. THE Sun I was always going to get a good choice of draft and very good players in exchange for a guy from the All-NBA who, even at 36, can always theoretically pivot the preverbial compression needle.
So Houston loses Green Jalento whom he quickly replaces Reed Sheppard. He loses the choice n ° 10 in this next draft, but remember, it was too deep last season for the aforementioned sheppard, the choice n ° 3 of the 2024 draft, to be a coherent rotation player, so where did the minutes come for another choice of lottery?
In addition, the Rockets still have the Choeniix first round choices in 2027 and 2029, which means that if the Suns find themselves far enough against the wall to exchange Devin Booker And go to the tank, the Rockets, with a team already alleged in place, will be able to steal a few other potential lottery choices on the line.
So, if Sheppard replaces Green, who would probably always be exchanged in one way or another, and that the 10th choice was not going to play much anyway, then we are at Dillon BrooksWho is replaced by … Kevin during.
Yeah, the Rockets came out by feeling a five-star French bakery on it. Houston’s defense was a super elite unit last season. Brooks was part of it, but during adds much more length, and more importantly, Amen Thompson,, Tari Eason,, Jabari Smith Jr. and Fred Vanvleet So stay, so the defense is going nowhere – unless it becomes even better, which is a possibility with during filling the cracks and the addition of traveling edge protection around all the pressure that Houston will apply with these aforementioned names.
Meanwhile, the offensive that was the only thing that holds this team makes it that during a second star in Alperen şengün. You can talk about everything you want in the way you may not be the same player before his 19th season, but listen, the man was the seventh top scorer in the league last season at 26 points per game with a better percentage of shooting than Stephen Curry. He may still be the best mid-range scorer in the world and he drew 43% out of 3 last season.
During also played in 62 and 75 games in the past two seasons, respectively, so if you play the decreasing sustainability card, you are in trouble. Of course, at this stage of anyone in order for anyone, are always upon us, but you can only the information at hand and, with the exception of a few major injuries, for a long time a reliable night player.
And now he has a real chance of competing for another title. With him on board, this Rockets team is ready. No question about this. This does not mean that they will be the favorite or that they will not need something to go their meaning, but it is true for each team of what has become the deepest and most equitable competitive landscape in history.
Houston takes his shot with an elite coach, an elite defense and now an elite superstar marker, and he did so without really compromising his main plans or future active. This agreement always made the most meaning. It was time to hit the Rockets, who are officially in game for a ring.
Phoenix Suns: C
It’s true, the Suns lacked lever here. Everyone knew they had to exchange during and everyone knew that the places that during the one wanted to go. Houston was one of them, so the Rockets, knowing that during the will probably be willing to register more than next season, were ready to separate from a fairly good package for the Suns in the circumstances. They always eat a buffet part of Raven after their all-in-in-date movement has gone bankrupt, but they did not come completely empty.
Choice No. 10 of this year’s draft was originally belonging to the Suns, so to recover this, they did not fall to the lottery for nothing. You can consult our CBS Sports Mock BraftsBut it is enough to say that the one that Phoenix selects there will be a chance to contribute immediately.
Brooks is also a good fit here. He brings defense and energy, of course, and it is not a guy who will control the possessions offensively, which means that the team is back in the hands of Booker. This is also potentially raising Bradley Bealwhich can be considerably ticked in its aggression. Jalen Green will always eat a lot of use, but he is not Kevin during in terms of demanding possessions. Beal will benefit. And perhaps green has returned elsewhere, which is an interesting possibility even if the Suns put it intelligently Do not hear Green; You don’t have to talk to the Suns about the importance of establishing a semblance of leverage on the market.
For now, Suppose Green stays for a whileIf only for an opportunity to play well for Suns long enough to increase its commercial value. There have been reports on the Suns which sniff the Green market for a while, but nothing has ever materialized. It is probably because the teams are not sure of the $ 106 million contract over three years of Green that is just starting this season (it is another victory for the Rockets, who withdraw this agreement).
But understand, there is a reasonable world in which this contract becomes much acceptable, if not a good deal, if Green can exploit more coherence, because when he is on, he is an absolute superstar scorer and an increasingly viable defensive player.
If the Suns are ultimately forced to leave Booker, they hope that Green will come forward. If he plays well and can move it to the deadline for trade or next summer, they get even more back on during.
But for the moment, if Green remains, the Suns have added, if nothing else, a depth (a major problem last season as a list of high level) in the form of two main rotation players and perhaps a third according to the speed with which the choice n ° 10 can reach NBA speed. It’s something.
Because remember, the Suns should still try to be good. They have no incitement to tank for a better choice of draft because they have none of their recovery choices for the next six years. Here is where they all go:
- 2026: interact with Washington or Orlando
- 2027: Houston
- 2028: Washington
- 2029: Houston
- 2030: Washington
- 2031: Utah
This is what during and Beal cost, and simply because of these all-in movements, the Suns can only mark one average note.
But given the position they were in, they did well. For me, Green becomes the swing player in this job. If it is overthrown for another decent return or hits its full advantage, how much the Suns do it on a good business contract, Phoenix could be much better on the road than at the moment. But that remains to be seen.