According to US media, the Rockets' draft this year mainly selects interior players, and uses the 60 million salary space to sign an All-Star guard at the top salary level in the player market.
The Rockets are targeting Harden and Irving, and if they can't get one of them, the Rockets will trade for Celtics guard Jaylen Brown.
Brown's renewal negotiations with the Celtics did not go well, and Brown asked the Celtics for a 5-year 280 million maximum salary extension contract, with an average annual salary of 56 million, but the Celtics were only willing to provide a 3-year 120 million contract extension, with an average annual salary of 40 million, which is far from Brown's expectations.
Given that the team has twice used him as an offer chip to trade Durant, Brown's relationship with the Celtics has broken down, so it is likely that Brown will unsolicit a trade request in the offseason.
The Rockets are interested in Brown, and previously, when the Rockets traded Harden, they discussed Harden's plan to exchange Brown, but the Celtics were unwilling to send more first-round picks, resulting in the deal not being concluded.
The Rockets plan to send scout Smith, defensive forward Tate, backup guard Top, and the Nets first-round pick in 2024, in a trade for Jaylen Brown.
There is a high probability that the Rockets will draw the top pick this year, choose Venbanyama, and then use the Bucks pick to select a center who guards the basket and eats pie.
In this way, the Rockets' roster next season will have a relatively big change, the starting backcourt is Jaylen Brown and Jaylen Green, Porter Jr. changed to small forward, Wen Banyama occupies the position of starting power forward, and the starting center is Shen Jing, who has performed well this season.
The substitutes are Taitai, Ethan, Martin Jr., Garuba, rookie center, do you think the Rockets' roster can rush to the playoffs next season?