Rockets Tried To Keep Dillon Brooks Out Of Kevin Durant Trade With Suns

Trade play is here. Well, it's been here, really since December 15th, for nan Houston Rockets. 

That's erstwhile they were first capable to portion pinch players signed (or resigned) past summer. It's chiefly nan latter, for nan Rockets, arsenic nan database of players they doled retired deals to past offseason is alternatively lengthy. 

Aaron Holiday, Jae’Sean Tate, Clint Capela, Steven Adams, Jeff Green, Dorian Finney-Smith and Fred VanVleet. 

Seemingly everyone isolated from Tari Eason and Alperen Sengun. 

Many of those players won't beryllium traded. Most of those players, actually. 

Even though nan Rockets person reportedly been canvassing nan league, while engaging successful discussions pinch half of nan teams, astatine slightest according to Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports. 

Iko stated that Eason, Finney-Smith and Capela person garnered a important magnitude of liking astir nan league. 

No woody Houston makes (or would make) would beryllium bigger than nan woody they already made. 

Same holds existent crossed nan league, extracurricular of immoderate woody involving Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, which is unlikely. 

(Although nan Rockets are viewed arsenic a acheronian equine squad to get him).

In lawsuit you haven't figured it out, nan woody being referenced is nan 1 that brought Kevin Durant to Houston (along pinch Clint Capela).

Houston traded 5 second-round picks, nan 10th prime successful nan 2025 NBA Draft (which was utilized connected Khaman Maluach), Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks. 

For nan existent seventh-leading scorer successful NBA history. 

As it turns out, nan Rockets tried to support Brooks retired of nan deal. Brooks said it himself. 

"[Stone] was telling maine nan full clip that they didn't want to person my sanction successful it," Brooks said. "They wanted to support maine to build much and much to that franchise. But overall, erstwhile you sewage a feline for illustration Kevin Durant, you cannot walk up connected it. And they're doing well. They haven't fell disconnected -- for illustration Memphis did."

Brooks' $21 cardinal net was fundamentally needed to complete nan trade. The NBA is simply a net headdress league.

The salaries person to match. 

The Rockets could decidedly usage Brooks correct now. And this season.

He's a tenacious defender, who isn't acrophobic of anyone. And he became a adjacent 40 percent 3-point shooter for nan Rockets (39.7 percent to beryllium nonstop connected 6.3 attempts).

And he's leveled up this season, averaging a career-best 21.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, a career-best 45.1 percent from nan section and 34.5 percent from deep.

The Suns are 24-17 and seventh successful nan West, successful ample portion because of Brooks.