The Rockets welcome three bad news, Antetokounmpo is getting farther and farther away, the first round of pick depreciates, becoming the number one loser in the draft

On May 13, the 2025 NBA Draft should be the most unexpected and sensational draft in the past few years. The Mavericks won the No. 1 pick, while the Spurs actually won the No. 1 pick.

It seems that the Mavericks are the biggest winners, and the biggest losers are the three teams, namely the bottom three Jazz, Hornets and Wizards with the lowest record. They have the worst record, but they can't even get the top three, let alone the top three. In fact, if you look closely, you will find that the biggest loser this time is not these three teams, but another team. They have freed up the Suns draft pick and finally only won the 10th pick. This is the real loss.

The Rockets really lost this year. First of all, the Suns have the chance to win the No. 1 pick, but they got the 10th pick. The Rockets team already has seven Rockets. There are many young people. If you choose the 10th pick, who can he train him well? The team doesn't have so much time to train him.

The second is that the Spurs actually won the second place, which is even more unacceptable to the Rockets, because the Spurs are directly competing with the Rockets for Antetokounmpo, and they are the number one opponent. Now that the Spurs have the second place, the second place draw does not seem to be prepared for the Spurs, but for the Bucks.

Because the superstar Antetokounmpo, the original superstar, has officially announced that he has considered leaving the Bucks. The Rockets are the best chips in the market, and the Thunder team is unlikely to complete such a deal. After all, they have the opportunity to go further this year and randomly substitutions to shake Alexander's leadership position. He himself may not be willing. The Thunder must consider whether it is suitable for SGA and whether to compete for the boss.

But now it's different. The Rockets are no longer the team with the best bargaining chips. There is an additional Spurs of the same type. The second pick in a draft year is at least 4 to 5 first-round draft picks. If they are willing to take out the best rookie Castle of this year, plus the second place, plus powerful players like Sohan and Kelden, and with the right to swap 2 to 3 draft picks, what reason does the Bucks have to refuse them? Isn't this much better than any of the Rockets' chips?

So it seems that this draft pick is for the Spurs, but in fact it is for the Bucks. From the Spurs' draw of Chinese Ban Yama, to the arrangement of Doncic to the Lakers, and now Flag's parachuting the Mavericks, the league president has not played any role, and you can arrange the stars to any team. Antetokounmpo, the top three superstars in the league, have already wanted to leave, and it is impossible to keep him in a small team. The league needs traffic and topics, and he needs to go to a competitive team. The Spurs already have Wenban Yama, and Fox. Plus one letter can not only attract American traffic, but also rely on the European Humanities Class and Antetokounmpo to attract European traffic. Therefore, the second draw drawn by the Spurs is to compensate the Bucks.

It can be said that the NBA is no longer pretending, it is purely just performing. The second-tier pick is a very valuable thing, so it must be given to a valuable team. The Spurs don't need the second most popular Dylan Harper this year, because they have Fox and Cassel, so why give it? This means that the transaction may have been almost done, and this second place is the compensation for the Bucks who lost Antetokounmpo.

And last point, the Rockets originally had the draft pick for the 2029 Mavericks. Now, as long as the Mavericks can choose the No. 1 pick, Flag, the core super giant in the next 15 years will be available, and the Rockets' draft pick will depreciate instantly. If someone has a new son of the United States, he will no longer be bad. Is your draft pick still valuable?

And the latest US media broke the news that Antetokounmpo hopes to play with a top super giant who can reduce his burden, so that the Rockets will have no chance. Because Vinban Yama and Fox are more attractive than anyone on the Rockets, the Rockets are the biggest losers in this lottery draw.