I'm glad to answer this question. Personally, I think Love will not join the Rockets. The Rockets have always been committed to avoiding paying luxury tax, and will not trade Love to increase the burden.

The Rockets pursued the ultimate five-small lineup last season, and they left cappella in the middle of the season. At the top of the center position is PJ Tucker, who is only 1.98 meters tall. If the essence of this transaction is because the rocket is not willing to spend luxury tax. Rockets have only paid luxury tax for two seasons since the league established the luxury tax system. Cheap has always been the trademark of the rocket boss. After Alexander, the last boss, made a fortune, Fertitta, the new boss, kept the same style. The rocket under the new boss has been out of luxury tax for three consecutive years.

You know, the Rockets have always had two people with the highest salaries in the league. Whether it's Paul or Westbrook, even now Wall. Are carrying a sky-high contract. If the deal will increase the rocket luxury tax, it can only be said that such a deal will not happen in nine cases out of ten. In addition, trading to Love, look at the current lineup of the Rockets, except for the contract between Wall and Harden, I am afraid it is difficult to match.

So, personally, the Rockets will not get lucky by trading. On the contrary, the current lineup of the Rockets needs to pay a luxury tax of 7.8 million yuan, and it is the most likely thing to reduce the luxury tax through layoffs or trading in the middle of the season. Some people may say, why don't the Rockets use Harden to trade Love to reduce the luxury tax? Let's talk about this topic again. Harden wants to leave the Rockets, but the Cavaliers are not on Harden's list.

It is not a day or two before Harden wants to leave the Rockets, but there is no shadow of the Cavaliers in Harden's ideal place.

Harden wants to go to a team that has the hope of winning the championship. After weighing, Harden first appointed the Nets. However, the communication between the Nets and the Rockets cooled down without further development. Harden had to enlarge his optional list. The Heat and the 76ers are the second teams to enter Harden's consideration. But similarly, both the 76ers and the Heat did not show a positive attitude towards getting Harden. This forced Harden to add the candidate list for the second time: Celtics and Blazers.

After several adjustments, the Cavaliers were not considered by Harden. This is directly related to the poor performance of the Cavaliers after leaving James. Harden hopes to go to a competitive team. I also left the Rockets because the Rockets closed the championship window. Go to the Cavaliers and stay in the Rockets. Rockets have no intention of trading with Cavaliers, so it won't happen to get Love with Harden. < P > Although Harden's contract is bigger than Love's, it is possible to achieve the ultimate goal of reducing luxury tax for Rockets. But it is impossible for the Rockets to trade Harden for Love, because the abilities of the two players are not at the same level. At present, Love's salary this season is $31.26 million, and the contract expires in the summer of 223. Harden's salary is $41.25 million, also in the summer of 223. But the 222-23 season is a player option. If Harden is not satisfied, he may jump out of the contract and become a free agent and go to any team he wants.

The Rockets know the value of Harden, and several games that Harden played this season have also proved his ability in the top five of the league. This also adds a bit of confidence to the chips that the Rockets need to trade Hatton. They still insist on their own asking price: one who can replace Harden as the future star of the team (such as Simmons of the 76ers) and a number of future draft picks.

The asking price itself is not high, but the problem is that the team Harden wants to go to has certain competitiveness in the league. But the change of a team's strength will not only be achieved through player trading. There are more factors in the team's chemical reaction. Trading one's new star may mean unpredictable risks in the present and future of the team. This makes the team that wants to trade Harden discouraged. Price without market can be said to be the current situation of harden trading.

So, to sum up, the Rockets will not get lucky through trading in various ways.

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