The situation has changed. Rockets senior executives are collectively paying attention to Durant, and the probability has dropped to fourth place and may counterattack.

The news about Durant's trade has lasted for almost 2 weeks, and it can be said that it is one news a day. The Rockets have reached the fourth pick in the most recent probability ranking of Durant, just when many people thought the Rockets had withdrawn from Durant's trade. Just recently, Fred reported that Rockets owner Phil Tati, general manager Stone, and Stone's wife all followed Durant on social media. Such an abnormal move may indicate that the Rockets have made breakthrough progress in negotiations with the Suns. Although Fred is not a well-known reporter, it is interesting that as early as 2013, the news that the Rockets signed "Warcraft" Dwight Howard was first revealed.

Coincidentally, Suns reporter John Gambadoro said on social media that according to the information he received, Durant's transaction will be effective soon. The Suns are still communicating with several teams about the transaction, but he believes that the transaction will be reached within the next 48 hours.

I have to say that since the Suns announced the Durant trade negotiations, the Rockets have become one of their favorite next players. Before this, the Rockets had given Jaylen Green + the trading chips for the 10th draw in the first round, but the Suns always wanted the team to add one of Jay or Ethan to the negotiations, and the Rockets did not respond to this.

Until yesterday, Rockets reporter Iko said on a TV show that the team had been in a week and had not had Durant's negotiations with the Suns. However, as the least favored Spurs before, it has quietly become the team that is most likely to win Durant.

In fact, from the perspective of the chips of each company, the Rockets' chips are indeed not very good. The Heat previously gave the chips to trade Durant for Wiggins + Hex/Jovic + 2 first rounds. The Spurs are willing to give bargaining chips such as Barnes + Wassel/KJ + No. 14 in the first round in the trade of Durant.

There are two reasons why this deal has not been finalized. The first is that the Suns want to get more resources in the transaction, and what they most hope is naturally the Rockets' initiative in their 25, 27 and 29 draft picks. So from the beginning, they wanted to get more from the Rockets.

The second point is Durant's own wish. From the beginning to the present, Durant's favorite teams are only two teams, the Rockets and the Spurs, which is why these two teams have been reluctant to add double teams. The Spurs refused to add the second pick to the deal, while the Rockets refused to give the two new stars, Jabbarri Jr. and Ethan.

Now many senior executives of the Rockets are paying attention to Durant, and the outside world speculates that the Rockets have negotiated this deal with the Suns. As for the fact that it has not been made public, there may be two reasons. The first is that the NBA 24-25 finals tiebreak will start tomorrow, which undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention. The two teams are likely to officially finalize this deal after the finals.

The second point is that if the transaction involves the 10th pick in the first round of 2025, the Suns need to consider the draft that started on the 25th, and how to select people. This requires considering the choices of many previous teams before they can be decided. So it is very likely that this deal will be decided until the day of the draft or after the draft is over.

At the same time, for the chips given by the Rockets, there is a high probability that Jia/Ethan will not participate. More likely, the Rockets added Whitmore to the trading list. This rookie, who averaged 12.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 18.7 minutes, did not get many opportunities to perform last season because of the team's forward talent overflow last season. He is also the most likely option for the team to give up after Jaylen Green.

Although there is no final conclusion yet, there are always some expected news. As for whether it can happen, maybe when you wake up, you will have a final conclusion! Do you think the Rockets will trade Durant? Welcome to leave a message for discussion!