Kevin Durant, Houston Rockets and Phoenix Suns
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PHOENIX -- Jalen Green helped to build the Houston Rockets from the ground up since being drafted No. 2 overall in 2021, as they went from the worst team in the Western Conference his first two years in the league all the way to the No. 2 seed in the West this past season with Green as their leading scorer.
Kevin Durant’s trade to the Houston Rockets is official and officially record-setting. The deal got approved by the NBA on Sunday as part of a seven-team transaction, one in which a slew of other trade agreements got folded into one massive package.
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The finalized mega trade resulted in the Rockets acquiring Kevin Durant and Clint Capela, while giving up two picks in this year's draft, five future second-round picks, cash and David Roddy.
Involved in the deal: Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta, Minnesota, Golden State, Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers. It includes a total of 13 players — the headline moves include Durant going to Houston from Phoenix, the Rockets sending Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks to the Suns, and the Rockets acquiring Clint Capela from the Hawks.
The Phoenix Suns landed Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks from the Rockets in the Kevin Durant trade. Green says he, Devin Booker will be 'deadly.'