Rockets to acquire Kevin Durant from Suns — report

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Kevin Durant will play for his fifth team in the NBA as he joins a promising Rockets team featuring Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson, and Fred VanVleet

The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star forward Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for guard Jalen Green, forward Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, and five second-round picks, ESPN reported Sunday, June 22.

The trade can be completed when the new league year begins July 6. At that point, Durant will be eligible to sign a two-year extension worth up to $122 million.

Durant has one season left on his current deal and is set to earn $54.7 million in 2025-26.

Durant will join a Rockets team that finished the regular season as the second seed in the Western Conference. The star forward will join All-Star Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson, and Fred VanVleet, among others, in Houston.

Durant, who turns 37 in September, played in 62 games with the Suns in 2024-25. He averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 1.2 blocks, not far off of his career averages. He also shot 43.0% from three-point range.

Selected to the All-NBA first team six times, Durant has appeared in 1,123 games with the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2007-16), Golden State Warriors (2016-19), Brooklyn Nets (2020-23) and Suns. He has career averages of 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.1 blocks, shooting 39% from long distance.

Green, 23, averaged 21.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists while starting in all 82 games this season. He now ventures to Phoenix to join All-Star Devin Booker in a potent backcourt.

He has contributed 20.1 points, 4.3 boards, and 3.4 assists in 307 games (all starts) since being selected by the Rockets with the second overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft.

Brooks, 29, averaged 14.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists in 75 games (all starts) this season.

He has contributed 14.2 points, 3.2 boards, and 2.0 assists in 492 games (465 starts) with the Memphis Grizzlies (2017-23) and Rockets. He was selected by Houston in the second round of the 2017 NBA Draft. – Rappler.com