s/general - Durant to Rockets, with Lakers and Nets

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u/Nickynyc

3 months ago

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Durant to Rockets, with Lakers and Nets

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Rockets

+3 players ($51.2m),

Cap Impact + $954K

Kevin Durant

SF, 6' 11", 0.7 LEBRON
Shot Creator

$51.1M

2yrs

Ziaire Williams

SF, 6' 9", -1.18 LEBRON
Contract Over | Movement Shooter

$6.1M

1yr

+2 Wins

-39.99 MPG

+5.67 Off.

-1.57 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$9.5M

$15.2M

$26.0M

($161.2M)

($162.8M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$59,393,333

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$51,179,021

Allowable Incoming Cap

$74,491,666

ETPE's Used

(NTMLE, RME, BAE)

$6,133,005

MSE's Used

(Min. Salary Ex.)

$3,036,040

Cap Difference

- $8,214,312

Standard Contracts

12 Salary Matching

Incoming < $59.3M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $23,312,645

Roster Compliance

Houston would have 12 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

Nets

+1 player ($0) +2 picks,

Cap Impact + $877K

Maxi Kleber

PF, 6' 10", -2.63 LEBRON
Stationary Shooter

$11.0M

2yrs

2025 - Round 2

2026 - Round 2

-2 Wins

-23.93 MPG

-1.65 Off.

-0.63 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$200K

$1.0M

$11.8M

($171.0M)

($177.0M)

This team will be a over the cap/tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$10,122,127

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$0

Allowable Incoming Cap

$17,622,127

TPE's Used

(Traded Player Ex.)

$11,000,000

Cap Difference

- $10,122,127

Standard Contracts

14 Salary Matching

Incoming < $10.1M x $7.5M

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $17,622,127

Recently Traded

Maxi Kleber cannot be traded to a team aggregated with other players from his team because 2 months have not passed since he was traded for. His outgoing salary cannot be combined with another one of his teammates to bring in a higher salaried player. This restriction expires after Apr 02, 2025.

Lakers

+3 players ($31.9m),

Cap Impact - $123K

Dillon Brooks

SF, 6' 6", -1.09 LEBRON
Movement Shooter

$22.2M

3yrs

Aaron Holiday

PG, -1.29 LEBRON
Contract Over | Secondary Ball Handler

$4.6M

2yrs

Day'Ron Sharpe

C, 6' 11", 0.81 LEBRON
Contract Over | Roll + Cut Big

$3.9M

1yr

+ 0 Wins

+12.43 MPG

+1.52 Off.

+0.20 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$16.3M

-$10.0M

$761K

($187.1M)

($188.1M)

This team will be a 1st apron team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$31,036,040

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$30,912,615

Allowable Incoming Cap

$31,036,040

Cap Difference

- $123,425

Standard Contracts

15 Salary Matching

Incoming < $31.0M x 1 + $0

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $123,425

Recently Traded

Recently traded player salary ($11.0M) is combined with another outgoing salary ($17.0M) to match incoming player salary ($22.2M). Maxi Kleber cannot be traded to a team aggregated with other players from his team because 2 months have not passed since he was traded for. His outgoing salary cannot be combined with another one of his teammates to bring in a higher salaried player. This restriction expires after Apr 02, 2025.

Suns

+4 players ($49.5m) +3 picks,

Cap Impact - $1.7M

Rui Hachimura

PF, 6' 8", -0.64 LEBRON
Stationary Shooter

$17.0M

2yrs

Steven Adams

C, 6' 11", -0.42 LEBRON
Contract Over | Athletic Finisher

$12.6M

1yr

Reed Sheppard

PG, 6' 2", -1.23 LEBRON
Secondary Ball Handler

$10.0M

4yrs

Jabari Smith Jr.

PF, 6' 11", -0.56 LEBRON
Contract Over | Movement Shooter

$9.7M

2yrs

2027 - Round 1

via PHX

2029 - Round 1

DAL and / or PHX swap rights

2031 - Round 1

Top 5 Protected

+ 0 Wins

+51.50 MPG

-5.54 Off.

+2.00 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$44.1M

-$37.3M

-$26.5M

($214.9M)

($215.4M)

This team will be a 2nd apron team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$51,179,021

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$49,469,840

Allowable Incoming Cap

$51,179,021

Cap Difference

- $1,709,181

Standard Contracts

17 Salary Matching

Incoming < $51.1M x 1 + $0

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $1,709,181

Must Waive Players

Phoenix would have 17 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 2 players.

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

Rockets seem like a perfect spot for Durant to land. They need a primary scorer and have lots of picks (including Suns own picks), prospects and contracts they can move to Phoenix. They need to consolidate their lineup. This makes them a top title contender.

FVV - Green - Durant - Thompson - Sengun

Suns get Jabari and Sheppard, who have disappointed a bit but have potential. Rui is a solid contributor or a tradeable piece over the summer. Adams an expiring. What's really great about the Rockets' picks is that they hold some of Phoenix's own picks so they regain control of those. Plus they get the Lakers' future pick.

Lakers get significant defensive upgrades at guard and center to go with Lebron and Luka.

Nets get a couple of seconds for Sharpe, which is the going rate for players like that.

(I know Fanspo says it fails on player aggregation but I think it works because of how players are split up. If not, Nets piece can be a separate trade.)