Durant trades, the Rockets have issued a offer! But the Suns reacted coldly?

The Rockets were eliminated by the Warriors in the playoffs this season. Although the Rockets were full of strength and fought with the Warriors for 7 games, the Rockets obviously still couldn't start the offensive end in the tiebreak battle at home. On the defensive end and confrontation end, the Rockets are full of strength. However, compared with the powerful Warriors, the Rockets have a huge gap in offense, and it is normal to be eliminated in the end.

The Rockets management and coaching staff learned from their mistakes. They knew what to do this summer - introducing a superstar with independent scoring skills is the top priority. But now the Rockets seem to have encountered obstacles in their pursuit of Durant. Although the Rockets are one of Durant's next players and can offer extremely generous offers, it is obvious that the Rockets do not intend to give too many chips for a 37-year-old veteran, after all, the Rockets do not want to break up the team.

As the second top team in the Western Conference this season, as long as the Rockets can retain the core lineup, there should be no problem in entering the playoffs or even the second round of the playoffs next season. But they were not lucky this season and just met their nemesis Golden State Warriors. Now the Rockets are almost certain to keep Van Vreet, and have renewed veteran Adams with a three-year, 39 million contract, and the core lineup is gathered. Even if Durant doesn't come, the Rockets will have enough confidence to make a breakthrough next season.

It seems that the Rockets are getting further and further away from Durant now. Why do you say so? We can see that according to some sources, the Rockets have conducted some substantial negotiations with the Suns on Durant's trading issues. In other words, the Rockets do have a desire for Durant, but according to reports, the Rockets have issued a clear offer for the Suns, but the Phoenix Suns management has reacted extremely coldly to the Rockets' offer.

In other words, the Rockets did not want to pay a high price to get Durant, and the Suns were quite dissatisfied with the Rockets' offer, so both sides had entered the cold phase. If other teams try to give better chips at this time, it is almost impossible for Durant to go to the Rockets. Unless the Rockets offer a higher offer, there have been reports that manager Stone does not want to give too many chips for a veteran Durant, and even break up the current core lineup. Therefore, it seems that the Rockets are unwilling to increase their offer. In that case, Durant will basically miss the opportunity to be with Space City.

However, Manager Stone is also quite smart. After all, Durant's contract will be one year away next season, with an annual salary of up to 54.71 million yuan. What's even more troublesome is that Durant may renew his contract with the Rockets in the future, and the annual salary of nearly 60 million is something the Rockets cannot afford. Therefore, even if Durant is not available, the Rockets have the opportunity to make minor repairs in this offseason to improve their outside range and shooting ability. In this way, the Rockets are already relatively strong, and they will make some small reinforcements to improve their three-pointers, free throws and mid-range shots. The Rockets will become better next season.

And Jaylen Green has promised not to struggle so much in the playoffs next season, and the offensive level of players such as Amen Thompson will also improve this summer. Therefore, it would not be much of an impact that Durant did not come to the Rockets, and the Rockets still have an advantage - after all, if there is no trade, then the Suns' three first-round draft picks will still be in the hands of the Rockets. The Rockets can continue to take advantage of rookie bonuses and even trade these three draft picks in exchange for star players from other teams.

After all, the Suns will be bad, so these three first-round picks in the future are expected to be high in the future, which is very attractive for some teams that want to break up the team and rebuild the stars to send away the stars. The Rockets can trade again at that time and introduce stars to strengthen the lineup. This is also Manager Stone's shrewdness.