A deal emptied the Suns assets! The Nets recovered wildly! The Rockets became the biggest winner

On May 26, according to NBA reporter Sam Amick, the Rockets are not willing to get Durant this summer, and believe that the latter is not on the same timeline as the Rockets. This news is indeed very bad for the Suns, because the Rockets have mastered the three first rounds in the next five years. If the Rockets are unwilling to participate in the Suns' trading, the Suns still cannot see hope for the future. In the mid-2023 season, the Nets and the Suns reached a deal. The Suns gave Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Jack Lauder, and the first round pick without protection on 23/25/27/29, and the first round swap rights for 28 years, and the transaction was obtained by Durant. Bridges in this deal was sent to the Knicks last summer, and the Nets received the Knicks' unprotected first round in 25/27/29/31, the 28-year unprotected first round, and the Bucks' first round in 25 years. Moreover, Cameron Johnson's transaction value is no less than 2 first-round picks. Durant has hollowed out the Suns' assets in the past two seasons, and in the past two seasons, the Suns have only entered the playoffs in one season and were eliminated 0-4 in the first round. The other protagonist of the deal is the Rockets. The Rockets agreed to withdraw the Nets' first round swap rights in 25 years and the first round in 26 years last summer, and obtained the Suns' first round swap rights in 25 years and the first round in 27/29. However, the Rockets still retained the Nets' first round swap rights for 28 years, which means that the Rockets can still trade with the Nets. The Nets only won the No. 8 draw this year, so it is unlikely that they will return to the playoffs in the 27/28 season. The Rockets have taken advantage of Harden's departure to get Ethan and Shepard, and they also have the No. 10 pick in 25, the first round of the Suns in 27 and 29, the first round of the Nets in 28, and the first round of the Mavericks in 29, which can be said to be the biggest winner.