Phoenix Suns All-Star ahead Kevin Durant will be a part of his fifth NBA group after being traded to the Houston Rockets.
The Houston Rockets are buying 15-time All-Star ahead Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in alternate for guard Jalen Inexperienced and ahead Dillon Brooks in addition to the quantity 10 general decide within the 2025 NBA Draft and 5 second-round picks, ESPN reported on Sunday.
The commerce could be accomplished when the brand new league 12 months for the US Nationwide Basketball Affiliation (NBA) begins on July 6. At that time, Durant will likely be eligible to signal a two-year extension value as much as $122m.
Durant has one season left on his present deal and is ready to earn $54.7m in 2025-26.
Durant will be a part of a Rockets group that completed the common season because the second seed within the Western Convention. The star ahead will be a part of All-Star Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson and Fred VanVleet, amongst others, in Houston.
Durant, who turns 37 in September, performed in 62 video games with the Suns in 2024-25. He averaged 26.6 factors, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 blocks, not far off of his profession averages. He additionally shot 43.0 p.c from three-point vary.
Chosen to the All-NBA first group six instances, Durant has appeared in 1,123 video games with the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (2007-16), Golden State Warriors (2016-19), Brooklyn Nets (2020-23) and Suns. He has profession averages of 27.2 factors, 7.0 rebounds. 4.4 assists and 1.1 blocks, capturing 39 p.c from lengthy distance.
Inexperienced, 23, averaged 21.0 factors, 4.6 rebounds and three.4 assists whereas beginning in all 82 video games this season. He now ventures to Phoenix to affix All-Star Devin Booker in a potent backcourt.
He has contributed 20.1 factors, 4.3 boards and three.4 assists in 307 video games since being chosen by the Rockets with the second general decide of the 2021 NBA Draft.
Brooks, 29, averaged 14.0 factors, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 75 video games this season.
He has contributed 14.2 factors, 3.2 boards and a couple of.0 assists in 492 video games with the Memphis Grizzlies (2017-23) and Rockets. He was chosen by Houston within the second spherical of the 2017 NBA Draft.
