[Poll] Trading out of the 2026 draft, terrible mistake?

wait a minute... so we have 3 picks next year and in 2029?

i dont think thats right... we have the option to swap w brook - but we dont own their pick outright,,, right?

to say the rox "have control of their own pick + brook & phoenix pick..." for next year seems disingenuous... unless im missing something...?


i think it should be...
We have control of our pick for the next 8 years + an extra pick in 2027 and 29 - and we have the right to swaps in 2027 & 2029...

 

We have both Brooklyn (swap rights with ours) & Phoenix in the next draft (2027)
In the one after that (2028) we just have our own pick
In 2029 we have the two most favorable of ours, Dallas, and Phoenix

So five picks in the next three drafts

 

No

 

yeh thats what im figuring...

but to say "the Rockets will have full control of their next eight first round picks, PLUS unprotected picks from Brooklyn AND Phoenix in 2027" is wrong...

Next year, we have control of our pick AND the right to swap it with Brooklyn, PLUS we have the Phoenix pick.,

 

Depends who's available at #6.

I probably would though. We need a "franchise player" and this draft is a much better shot at it. Plus players from this draft will fit better timeline-wise with our current young players.

 

without a doubt.

turn #6 into a pick high enough to get to Peterson and we have a potential superstar.

 

I think Acuff would easily be #1 next year. If Caleb Wilson somehow falls to 6, that would be even more of a home run. 2027 is being compared to Reed's draft. Whole Lotta maybes.

 

Stonedoka is going to continue the sunk cost fallacy. Theyre already down this aging vets rabbit hole and will continue to dump resources into fulfilling Ime's "vision" of nothing but 0 and D small forwards.

The best step forward for both wins and development would be to jettison all of the vets (cept Steve-o) and Sengun to move into the Top 4 of this draft. Lets say we trade Brooklyn both of our picks next year for their #6 plus a future protected 1st. We could then flip that #6 to Utah + Sengun for #2. Which I would do *if* Boozer is there. Utah might do that if Dybantsa is gone.

 

Don’t really get why people think this was a mistake. However you sliced it, this was a reasonable trade, and just became a great trade.

Obviously things would be much better if we have had drafted a monster, but in its entirety it was anything but a bad trade.

 

I wonder if we can get that Clippers pick for KD + our second rounders to fill out the rest of their roster on the cheap + a future first of their choice. I think the Clippers can make cap space to eat some or possibly even all of KD's contract depending on what rights they renounce and such? If anybody wants to clarify on that I'd be curious.

That might be the ideal way to soft reset right now, if they're interested in playing ball.

 

Ultimately what we use the picks for will determine it. Mavs getting Flagg sucks for that future pick but I think this is still a good trade.

 

That’s not how it works.
When the trade was made it was 1 blue chip shot for 2 lesser shots.

Nets w 4 1st in 2025 and their 2026 SHOULD be a better team by 2027. This is what was known at the time of trade. Not the fact the pick would be #6.

If we’re using the benefit of hindsight (like pick being #6) then I’d still rather have a shot at one of the blue chips this year than a shot at Reed + Risarcher next year in a bad draft.

And last bit on mix/matching hindsight - I’d rather have Cedric Coward than the #4 next year with 0 questions asked. Zero.

This was a poor set of trades by Stone. If this fan base graded Jalen, Alpi, and Amen on the same sliding the perception would be we have 2 MVP candidates and an all-star.

 

Do they have to match salary?

 

Yeah that's what I'm not sure on, but I think they can make cap space to not have to match it, or at least not fully. I'm not a cap expert, so somebody else can chime in.

 

The problem with comparing this year's #6 pick with our "2 shots at a top-4 pick next year" is that you don't know if we'll have 2 shots at a top-4 pick next year. The lottery format is expected to change and the lottery probabilities and seeding format will change with it. You could end up with 16 or 18 teams in the lottery and more than half of them having the same probability of landing a top pick.

May 28th there's a vote to see which direction to go with the lottery. That's when you can probably decide #6 vs 2 picks next year better because you can kind of decide the value of the 2 picks next year. But even then, you won't know until you've seen next year's kids play and improve this season.

 

The more I think about it, the more I think Brooklyn wouldn't want to trade their #6 in a strong draft for the Nets and PHX picks next year. The Suns will probably be at least a play-in team next year (maybe playoff), and the compensation for them just isn't worth it. If we just offer the Suns pick and to return the swap rights next year (and keep our own pick), they will hang up the phone. You have to at least offer our own '27 pick, their swap rights, and the Suns pick as well. Even then I think I'd say no if I were them.