Nets may be able to pull off 2025 NBA Draft trade with the Rockets

The Brooklyn Nets have a number of matters to attend to ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft in June, especially with them having four picks in the first round.

Brooklyn did not get the result they were hoping for in the Lottery as they ended up with the eighth overall pick, but it seems like there may be an opportunity for them to get another bite at the Lottery apple.Brian Lewis of the New York Post reported earlier this month that the prevailing belief from other teams is that the Nets could be trying to acquire another Lottery pick in this Draft.

Lewis' reporting seemingly confirmed what NBA insider Jake Fischer reported in that Brooklyn was assumed to be a team looking to move up while Lewis left the door open for the Nets to potentially use forward Cam Johnson to get something else in the Draft."So league sources expect the Rockets to look into trading this pick, whether its a trade way up, a trade out for a star or a trade out for a group of future picks similar to what the Spurs received from the Timberwolves when Minnesota moved up for Rob Dillingham last year," Yahoo! Sports' Kevin O'Conner reported during his latest mock draft article.For those who need a refresher, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded first-round picks in 2030 and 2031 to the San Antonio Spurs on the night of the Draft in exchange for the right to draft Rob Dillingham with the eighth overall pick.

If the Rockets were looking to trade back in the Draft or out of it completely, the Nets have the 19th, 26th, and 27th overall picks in this draft along with plenty of first-round picks to use in the next few years.While O'Connor's report could give Brooklyn the hope that they can acquire another first-round pick in the Lottery, it's fair to note that Houston could do a number of things with the 10th overall pick, including trading up in the draft or using it to get Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Ironically, the last time the Nets and the Rockets did business together, it involved swapping picks to help each franchise get what they wanted.This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets may be able to pull off 2025 NBA Draft trade with the Rockets.

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