Lotto draw Rockets become loser! The Spurs may trade No. 2 draw, Xiao Hua kills two birds with one stone

From the current point of view, none of the Rockets' Seventh Young Masters can be the cornerstone. Sen Gong has obvious physical and technical shortcomings. It is still unknown whether Amen can make a projection. Many Houston fans hope that the Rockets can draw the No. 1 pick and then win Flag, and train him into a new cornerstone. The Rockets announced the representatives of the 2025 lottery draw, and this time it was not Uduka but Olajuwon. The Rockets have arranged for Uduka to participate in the draw in the past two seasons, and finally Amen and Shepard came to Houston.

The Rockets invited Olajuwon to participate in the lottery draw as a representative, and attended with him with the team's senior adviser Strantz.

Olajuwon once represented the Rockets in the 2021 lottery draw, and Stone finally brought Jaylen Green back to Houston.

The Rockets have a 14% chance of drawing the No. 1 pick in 2021, while they are only 3.8% this year. The Jazz, Wizards and Hornets all have a 14% chance of drawing the No. 2025 pick, but some fans are optimistic that the Mavericks will get Flag, and some fans predict that the Spurs will be.

In the end, the Mavericks won the No. 1 pick, the Spurs were second, the 76ers were third, the Hornets were fourth, the Jazz were fifth, the Wizards were sixth, and the Rockets only drew the No. 10 pick.

This time the lottery Rockets became the loser. The Rockets ranked ninth in the Suns draw before the lottery, but after the draw, one more place was dropped. The Rockets' rival Mavericks in the West won Flag, and their strength was further improved.

The Spurs have won the No. 2 draw, which can be used by themselves or used as trading chips to exchange for superstars, such as Antetokounmpo. The No. 2 sign is still quite attractive. If the Spurs get Antetokounmpo, the books are quite strong and the Rockets have another competitor. After seeing the draw results, some Rockets fans sighed: Antetokounmpo may be going to the Spurs. After the draw results were released, NBA reporter Evan Sidery believed that the Spurs might trade the No. 2 draw to exchange for Antetokounmpo. He said the Spurs may use the No. 2 draw as a bargaining chip to quote Antetokounmpo. After trading in Fox, Dylan Harper (the biggest favorite in the No. 2 pick) is not suitable for the Spurs.

Xiao Hua won two birds with one stone in the 2025 lottery. First, it compensated the Mavericks who brought huge traffic to the league, who gained Flag with the potential of the cornerstone. Second, the three teams with a 14% chance failed to enter the top three in the draft.

Some Rockets fans joked: Harden should have been traded to the Lakers, and then Xiao Hua would sign a No. 1 pick. To be honest, Harden appointed his next home at that time, and he wanted to play with Durant and Irving. The Rockets' Adult Beauty sent him to the Nets. But in recent years, Harden still failed to win the championship.

missed the top four and only drew the No. 10 draw. Such a result will obviously disappoint many Rockets fans. Although the quality of rookies in 2025 is significantly higher than in 2024, it is difficult to choose super potential new stars by picking the No. 10, and there are still many young players in the Rockets to train. The Rockets can't train another No. 10 show. Uduka wants experience-free combat power rather than rough. Will the Rockets choose to trade the No. 10 draw?

Before the draft draw, many American media suggested that the Rockets trade the first round of the Suns in 2025. It seems that they all defaulted that Houston could not draw the No. 1 pick.