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Potential Trade With Rockets In a recent article, Dan Favale of created a list of trade ideas to save the biggest losers of the 2022 NBA free agency. For the Heat, it's the hypothetical deal that would enable them to acquire Eric Gordon and Kenyon Martin Jr. from the Houston Rockets. In the proposed trade scenario, the Heat would send a trade package that includes Gabe Vincent, Haywood Highsmith, Duncan Robinson, and a 2027 first-round pick to the Rockets in exchange for Gordon and Martin Jr.

The Brooklyn Nets face a huge dilemma regarding their two best players - Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. When they got eliminated in the 2022 NBA Playoffs, both Irving and Durant expressed their desire to return to the Nets in the 2022-23 NBA season. However, things dramatically changed after the Nets refused to give Irving a maximum contract extension. With the team's lack of interest in keeping Irving long-term in Brooklyn, Durant has decided to request a trade from the Nets.

July 15, 2022 Brooklyn Nets small forward Kevin Durant is currently one of the biggest names on the trade market. When they were swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs, the initial expectation was the Nets would be running it back with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in the 2022-23 NBA season. Unfortunately, it seems like Durant is no longer interested in extending his stay in Brooklyn.