A protracted awaited commerce involving Kevin Durant has been introduced.
The Phoenix Suns are buying and selling Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets, ending long-running hypothesis over his subsequent group.
The complete particulars are as follows, with Shams Charania breaking the information.
- Houston Rockets obtain: Kevin Durant
- Phoenix Suns obtain: Jalen Inexperienced, Dillon Brooks, tenth choose within the 2025 draft and 5 second-round picks
Kevin Durant’s commerce is about to sign the beginning gun for offers throughout the NBA this postseason, and his departure from the Phoenix Suns is not any shock.
The Suns had been a significant disappointment in 2024-25, failing to even make the Play-In Match, and the group tried to commerce Durant on the midseason deadline.
Durant’s preferences this offseason had been the Rockets, Miami Warmth, and San Antonio Spurs, and it’s Houston who’ve gained the race.
The Rockets completed because the two-seed final season and have simply handed head coach Ime Udoka a brand new long-term contract.
Now he has Kevin Durant at his disposal, however the Suns have paid a giant value, freely giving their first spherical draft choose together with Jalen Inexperienced and Dillon Brooks.
- 2008-2016: Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
- 2016-2019: Golden State Warriors
- 2019-2023: Brooklyn Nets
- 2023-2025: Phoenix Suns
- 2025-TBC: Houston Rockets
