With the 2022 NBA draft officially in the books, there’s a new set of draft picks that are now officially available to the Houston Rockets and other teams across the league for consideration in potential trades.
The NBA allows teams to trade draft picks for up to seven years in advance. Thus, when each draft passes, another year is added to the list. In this case, the passing of the 2022 draft puts 2029 picks on the market.
In the case of the Rockets, whose rebuild is led by a duo of elite draft prospects in Jalen Green (2021) and Jabari Smith (2022), there will soon come a point at which Houston considers more aggressive moves to upgrade its roster — perhaps by using future draft assets as incentive.
