Thunder will send the center Derrick supportguard Ty Jeromein front of Maurice Harklesspoint guard According to Maledon and the Hawks’ 2025 second-round draft selection for the Rockets in exchange for a sports swing athlete David Nwabawing Sterling Brownpoint guard Trey Burke and strength forward Marquese Chrissevery ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Missile intended to give up wings to buy Ty Jerome, according to The Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen. Feigen adds that Derrick Favors and Theo Maledon are seen as the most likely of these new additions for the team to stick to the standard 15-man roster once the regular season begins.
Woj added that Oklahoma City will make two commercial exceptions to the deal. In terms of pure wages, the exchange would see the Thunder receive $10 million below the league’s punitive luxury tax cap. Wojnarowski noted that Favors in particular could trade among the players returning to Houston, as a solid backup big man with his $10.2 million salary expiring soon.
6’9″ Favors, 31, is a longtime key reserve big with several clubs with solid playoff limits. Last year with the Thunder, he appeared in just 39 games, averaging. 5.3 PPG on 51.6% shot, plus 4.7 RPG, over 16.7 MPG Jerome and Maledon are both young players on rookie contracts with potential remaining, and can be enjoyed benefit from my time in Houston.
On the Rockets side of the trade, Houston is getting a second-round draft pick and only having to get back an additional $1 million in salary, as Woj detailed.
The Athletic’s Kelly Iko reports (via Twitter) whose second round of 2025 is defended through the first ten picks of the second round of that draft. If the selection is not delivered in 2025, Houston will receive the second-highest 2026 second-round draft pick among the Thunder, Mavericks and 76ers.
For that draft pick number 2 Chet Holmgren was ruled out during the year With a Lisfranc injury to his right leg, and with the new player of the year being kicked out of the team, it seems the Thunder are prioritizing a year of youthful development, as they review the 2023 draft lottery. to build an impressive young squad.
Oklahoma City added four recruits through the 2022 draft, including two other lottery picks besides Holmgren. The Thunder have been in full rebuild mode since 2019/20, winning a total of 46 games over the past two seasons.
Houston is also in the asset-gathering phase and targeting the draft lottery in its journey as of 2020. The team hit 37-127 from 2020-2022. This year, the club has drafted attractive rookie power forward Jabari Smith with the third pick from Auburn. The Rockets also made two other picks in the first round.
It looks like every player in this deal will not be going to their new clubs once the regular season begins. ESPN’s Bobby Marks (via Twitter) note that both teams will still have 18 contracts guaranteed on their books following the deal. According to tournament rules, that number would have to be reached 15 by October 17.
