When LSU forward Tari Eason was selected by the Rockets at No. 17 in the 2022 NBA draft, he endedupbeing the veryfirst draft possession from the hit James Harden trade (the January 2021 variation including Brooklyn and Houston) to be understood. But he’s far from the last.
Because of that Harden offer, the Rockets have a first-round choice headed their method from the Nets or a right to swap first-round chooses with Brooklyn in each of the next 5 drafts, through2027 All are unguarded, significance that even if one of those Brooklyn selects ended up at No. 1 in the veryfirst round, it might still go to Houston.
Thus, what’s bad for Brooklyn’s long-lasting outlook is great for Houston’s future, and vice versa. Now, with a set of All-Stars in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant traded in current days, the Nets are unexpectedly devoid of elite skill for the rest of those years.
Here’s how Rockets fans responded early Thursday earlymorning to the news that Durant is headed to Phoenix for a trade bundle headlined by Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, and future draft settlement.
Two years after the Rockets made the Harden trade, Harden, Kyrie and now KD are all out of Brooklyn.
The Rockets might be in organization now with those chooses: Unprotected firsts in 2024 and 2026 and vulnerable swaps in 2023, 2025,2027 https://t.co/9Ss7HGprWB
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) February 9, 2023
Wrote about it this earlymorning (or technically theotherday):
This is the type of Durant trade construct that signals the Nets are deciding for a LONG reconstruct. https://t.co/tGMCTtozsS
— Salman Ali (@SalmanAliNBA) February 9, 2023
We hoped on Brooklyn’s failure and we haveactually been blessed. Hallelujah amen.
— Roosh (@RooshWilliams) February 9, 2023
Them Nets choices lookin SPECTACULAR though
— Jason Williams (@AstroRocket) February 9, 2023
Rafael Stone fleeced the Nets out of their future brother. I puton’t ever wanna hear niggas state we lost the Harden offer onceagain
— Xavier Thibodeaux (@zayiceman171) February 9, 2023
Talked about it here, however with unpredictability around Brooklyn’s trajectory, now might be the time for Houston to money in an possession from the Harden trade. The worth of the Brooklyn choices/swaps, as of this minute, is high due to the unpredictability. https://t.co/FLrWN8uSmR
— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) February 9, 2023
I would be