The 7-party big deal is released! The Rockets are expected to send out substitute players, and the Warriors will also participate

NBA is currently in the offseason, and the 2025 summer free agent market has also begun. All teams are working hard to adjust their lineups, conduct trades or sign contracts.

There have been many transactions before, such as the Houston Rockets got Durant from the Phoenix Suns trade and signed Capela and Finney Smith, a series of operations have been well received.

But in fact, these are not signing directly by the Rockets. In fact, they sign first and then exchange, that is, the Atlanta Hawks renewed their contract with Capela first, and the Los Angeles Lakers renewed their contract with Finney Smith first, and then traded the players to the Rockets to exchange for some players or draft picks.

These operations were summarized and finally formed the current 7-party transaction, which is very surprising. You should know that you have seen three-party transactions, four-party transactions and even five-party transactions in the NBA. Last summer, six-party transactions about Klay Thompson also appeared, but you have never seen seven-party transactions.

There are still more details to be calculated at present, such as salary balance, which is expected to be officially announced on July 7th. It is known that the teams participating in the seven-party trade include the Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Hawks, Rockets, Brooklyn Nets, Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves.

In this process, if the Rockets want to get Finney Smith, they are expected to send out Whitmore, who has been gradually marginalized. The Lakers like Whitmore very much and call for this shooting guard.

I have to say that such a seven-party big deal is really rare and cannot be seen normally. Some of the players involved have already reported to the new club. For example, this year's No. 10 pick, MaluAchi, was selected by the Rockets, but joined the Suns.