Jalen Green, Shin Kyung, Garuba and Christopher, the Rockets have officially entered a rebuilding period after selecting four high-quality drafts this season, and several rookies, including Porter Jr., will generally need about four years (rookie contract period) to grow, and we will use this time frame to revisit the Rockets' 10 first-round picks in the next four years to see how much they are worth and how to achieve them
Green and Porter Jr. will have four years of growth.
1. The Rockets will have 10 first-round picks in the next 4 years.
By sending away direct or secondary trades for Harden and other four main players, as well as their own draft picks, the Rockets have a total of 10 first-round picks in the next four years, which are as follows:
2022: Own first-rounder, Nets first-rounder, first-round pick protection for the Heat's top 14 picks.
2023: Own first-rounder, first-round swap with Nets, Bucks first-rounder.
2024: His top 4 picks protect the first round (otherwise given to the Thunder, Paul will be sent when Paul changes to Weishao), the Nets first round.
2025: His top 10 picks protect the first round, otherwise "as above" to the Thunder, the Nets first-round pick swap right.
10 first-round picks, which at first glance sound like a lot of money, but in fact there are only 4 draft picks that really have "gold content".
Second, the current situation of the Nets, Bucks and Heat.
The Nets, Bucks and Heat will struggle to give the Rockets high-quality draft picks.
This summer, Durant and Butler both signed contract extensions with maximum salaries, and judging from the team's subsequent operation, at least the next few years the two teams will revolve around the double giant to win the championship;Not to mention the Bucks, who won the championship last season, they will always do their best to build a team around him during the ** period of Brother Alphabet, so the above three teams will not be too bad in the next few years, and the first-round draft picks will basically be at the end, which is for the Rockets, the Nets' 4 first-round picks, the Bucks and the Heat's 1 first-round pick each, the "gold content" will not be too high.
The Nets and other teams can't control their records, but the Rockets can still control their own affairs. When the traded picks don't bring back the expected returns, the Rockets are able to maximize the value of the four first-round picks they currently have, and the way to do it is rotten.
Third, the rocket can only achieve the "goal" if it is rotten.
The Rockets will do their best to "regain" the first-round pick that was given to the Thunder.
When Paul was traded for Wei Shao, the Rockets sent 4 first-round picks and three "top 4 picks to protect draft picks" in 2026 and "top 10 picks to protect draft picks" in 2025
In the next four seasons, the Rockets are bound to "go all out" in order to maximize the value of their two first-round picks in 2022 and 23, while trying to "recapture" the two protected draft picks in 2024 and 2025 that were originally given to the Thunder, adding fresh blood and energy to the rebuild.
Conclusion: In the next four years, while the Rockets are trying to develop newcomers such as Green, Porter Jr., Shin Jing, Garuba and Christopher, their records are bound to continue to be rotten, in order to retain the above four truly "golden" first-round picks and further improve the team's rebuild.