In a story published on Friday, André Snellings of ESPN proposed an exchange of hypothetical rockets involving Demar derozan, Dillon Brooks and a choice of draft in 2025.
THE Houston Rockets are Already an elite defensive teamBut they are mediocre in attack. This largely explains their current commercial interest to acquire the striker of the Kevin stars during the Phoenix Suns.
But what happens if an agreement cannot be concluded?
André Snellings of ESPN suggested a possibility In a story published Friday On the potential transactions involving the recovery of the NBA 2025, which begins with the first round on Wednesday.
Snellings offers an agreement with Dillon Brooks that went from Rockets to Sacramento, as well as the choice of Houston Global Recovery No. 10, in exchange for Kings DeSro derozan swingman.
The explanation is as follows:
Derozan would provide an enormous elevator to the half-terrain offensive of the Rockets with its capacity to create high level plans of the dribble while taking part of the burden of Jalen Green and Alperen Sangun. In addition, the rockets have a plethora of talented defenders on the wing, including Amen Thompson and Tari Eason, to replace the defensive capabilities of Brooks.
Even without derozan, the Kings have a lot of notation capacities on the wing, with the additions of Zach Lavine and Malik Monk – a duo capable of combining more than 40 points per game. The Kings also have a heavy front area, led by Domantas Sabonis and Keegan Murray.
Their biggest holes This offseason is in defense and the leader, after exchanging from’aron Fox to bring Lavine. Brooks, with its aggressive game 3 and D, would be well integrated into the Kings wing. Choice n ° 10 would also be an upgrade of the 13th choice of Kings that they exchanged towards the Atlanta Hawks.
Mock Grounds project Several leaders’ prospects could be available at n ° 10, notably Kasparas Jakucionis de l’Illinois and Egor Demin de Byu, who could become the leader of the Kings of the future.
The agreement is understandable at nominal value, because Houston already has a deep rotation filled with young perspectives (including Reed Sheppard and Cam Whitmore, who had trouble playing regularly last season). Thus, it could be wise to explore the professions involving choice n ° 10, rather than offering another selection of lottery which may not have a clear path to the minutes of the NBA.
Derozan and Brooks are under contract for two more seasons with very comparable wages ($ 24.6 million for Derozan next season and $ 22.1 million for Brooks).
Thus, financially, trade is very easy to achieve. This comes back to know if the two teams would be interested in such a arrangement.
Derozan, 35, collected an average of 22.2 points (47.7% FG), 4.4 assists and 3.9 assists per game last season. Brooks, 29, raised an average of 14.0 points and 3.7 rebounds while firing a career record of 39.7% on a 3 -point range.
Derozan is clearly the best offensive player, largely thanks to his superior shooting capacity. From Houston’s point of view, the question is whether the director general Rafael Stone would exchange both Brooks and a choice among the first 10 for an older player with a defense and a worse floor spacing. Consider that Derozan pulled 32.8% over the 3 points last season, and Brooks is widely considered a strong defender.
From Sacramento’s point of view, the question is whether they consider the choice n ° 10 as sufficient compensation for an exchange which landed them with a player who is not as dynamic in attack.
It is far from being given that the two teams would do it, but it is at least an interesting thought exercise as the first round approaches. For the moment, however, it seems that Houston focuses mainly on during.
