One NBA writer is proposing that the Houston Rockets and Brooklyn Nets make a blockbuster trade centered around Dillon Brooks, Kevin Porter Jr., Mikal Bridges and Spencer Dinwiddie. Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report proposed the following trade idea between the Rockets and Nets:
The Trade: Dillon Brooks, Kevin Porter Jr., Cam Whitmore, a 2024 first-round pick (via BRK), a 2026 first-round pick (via BRK) and a 2028 first-round pick (top-three protected) to the Nets for Mikal Bridges and Spencer Dinwiddie
“Houston, one of this offseason’s biggest spenders, has signaled a willingness to compete sooner than later,” Buckley wrote in his latest NBA trade column. “Now, maybe that’s not possible with this roster, but what if Fred VanVleet and Ime Udoka provide the structure the Rockets’ young players need to accelerate this plan? Houston has plenty of potential stars on the roster (Jalen Green, Amen Thompson and Alperen Şengün chief among them), and this club could get interesting overnight if that potential turns into production.
“Still, the Rockets would need (at least) one more star to compete in the West, so they’d get a rising one here in Bridges, who averaged 26.1 points on 47.5/37.6/89.4 shooting over 27 games after his trade to Brooklyn. The arrival of Dinwiddie, mostly a money-matcher in this exchange, could ensure Houston still has an offensive organizer on the floor when VanVleet takes a break.”
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Brooks averaged 14.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists last season for the Memphis Grizzlies. He joined the Rockets on a four-year, $86 million contract as part of a sign-and-trade deal with the Grizzlies this summer.
Porter Jr. appeared in 59 games for the Rockets last season. He averaged 19.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists. The lefty recorded nine double-doubles and one triple-double.
The Nets acquired Dinwiddie from the Dallas Mavericks last season in the blockbuster Kyrie Irving trade. The 30-year-old averaged 16.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 9.1 assists in 26 games with Brooklyn.
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Finally, the Phoenix Suns traded Bridges to the Nets in the massive Kevin Durant trade last season. Bridges took his game to another level with Brooklyn, averaging 26.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 27 games.
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