Suns trade Kevin Durant to Rockets for Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green, 6 draft picks: reports

Tim Reynolds · The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 22, 2025 2:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time all-star and four-time Olympic golden medallist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns successful a blockbuster woody struck Sunday, a idiosyncratic with cognition of the statement told The Associated Press.

The Rockets are giving up Canadian Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and six aboriginal picks — including the No. 10 enactment successful Wednesday's opening circular of this year's draught — according to the idiosyncratic who spoke to the AP connected information of anonymity due to the fact that the woody was inactive pending NBA approval.

It ends weeks of speculation astir wherever Durant would extremity up. Many teams were progressive astatine assorted times, including Miami and Minnesota, but successful the extremity Phoenix accepted the Rockets' offer.

ESPN archetypal reported the trade.

Fans learned of the quality portion Durant was connected signifier successful New York astatine Fanatics Fest NYC, and erstwhile they began reacting, Durant started smiling broadly.

"We're gonna see, man," Durant said from the stage. "We're gonna see."

Boardroom, the ever-growing media institution that Durant and his concern partner, Rich Kleiman, co-founded successful 2019, teams up with Fanatics connected a fig of projects. The sheet that Durant was acceptable to look connected determination Sunday was called "Global Game Changers."

He surely figures to alteration the crippled for the Rockets.

Houston finished No. 2 successful the Western Conference successful the regular season, albeit 16 games down No. 1 Oklahoma City. It present adds a two-time champion to its young halfway arsenic it looks to marque different leap adjacent season.

Durant averaged 26.6 points this season, his 17th successful the NBA — not counting 1 twelvemonth missed due to the fact that of injury. For his career, the six-foot-eleven forward is averaging 27.2 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Back successful Texas

The determination brings Durant backmost to the authorities of Texas, wherever helium played his 1 twelvemonth of assemblage hoops for the Longhorns and was the assemblage subordinate of the twelvemonth earlier going arsenic the No. 2 prime successful the 2007 draught by Seattle.

Houston volition go his 5th franchise, joining the SuperSonics (who past became the Oklahoma City Thunder), Golden State, Brooklyn and Phoenix. Durant won his 2 titles with the Warriors successful 2017 and 2018, and past summertime successful Paris helium became the highest-scoring subordinate successful U.S. Olympic hoops past and the archetypal men's subordinate to beryllium portion of 4 gold-medal teams.

Durant is simply a four-time scoring champion, a two-time Finals MVP and 1 of 8 players successful NBA past with much than 30,000 vocation points, joining the nine connected Feb. 11.

Durant is nether declaration adjacent play for astir $50 cardinal US earlier becoming a escaped cause successful 2026.

His departure from the Suns was expected and ends a disappointing 2 1/2 years successful the desert. Durant ne'er enjoyed accordant squad occurrence contempt being portion of a trio that included prima guards Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.

Durant was acquired by the Suns from the Brooklyn Nets successful a four-team trade-deadline woody successful 2023, conscionable days aft caller proprietor Mat Ishbia bought the squad for astir $4 billion. Phoenix gave up a batch to get the then-34-year-old, sending young standouts Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, on with 4 aboriginal first-round picks, to Brooklyn.