Rockets open up max cap flexibility for 2025 offseason while gaining much needed shooting and a future 1st Round Pick. While Brooks is good defensively, he is redundant with some of Houston's young players and allows Amen Thompson to start at the 3. Assuming Houston drafts Sheppard, Houston's depth chart and 12-man roster next season is as follows

FVV/Sheppard Jalen/Kennard/Fournier Amen/Cam Jabari/Tari/Jeff Green Sengun/Adams

Pistons do what the Rockets did in 2023 and use some of their cap space to add toughness and culture builders, including one of the same characters that helped Houston's culture this season. Dillon and Tate added to Auasar gives Detroit 3 high level wings in their rotation.

For Memphis, this trade is primarily financially motivated as it gives Memphis a rotation caliber backup C and sheds about $6m in cap space, Memphis is about $1.5m away from the first apron right now, so any cap savings will help. Houston would probably be willing to give up pick #44 in this draft to Memphis as well if Memphis needed that to get the trade done