D.J. Augustin #12 of the Milwaukee Bucks (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
The Houston Rockets, who many expect to be the most active team around the trade deadline this year (per usual) pulled off their first of several moves on Wednesday night, in a move that involved P.J. Tucker. The Rockets sent Tucker to the Milwaukee Bucks, along with Rodions Kurucs and Milwaukee’s 2022 first-round pick, in exchange for D.J. Augustin, D.J. Wilson, a 2023 first-round pick and the right to swap Houston’s 2021 second-round pick for Milwaukee’s 2021 first-round pick.
The main attraction in the trade is the draft capital, as the Rockets landed an additional first-round pick this season, while also replacing the 2022 pick they sent away for a 2023 pick.