


The Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Suns in a blockbuster trade, according to reports Sunday.
The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green and six future picks — including the No. 10 selection in Wednesday’s opening round of this year’s draft.
It ends weeks of speculation about where the 36-year-old Durant would end up. Many teams were involved at various times, including the Heat and Timberwolves, but in the end the Suns were the one.
Fans learned of the news while Durant was on stage in New York at Fanatics Fest NYC, and when 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 company that Durant and his business partner, Rich Kleiman, co-founded in 2019, teams up with Fanatics on a number of projects. The panel that Durant was set to appear on there Sunday was called “Global Game Changers.”
He certainly figures to change the game for the Rockets.
The Rockets finished No. 2 in the Western Conference in the regular season, albeit 16 games behind the top-seeded Thunder. They now add a two-time champion to their young core as it looks to make another jump next season.
Durant averaged 26.6 points this season, his 17th in the NBA — not counting one year missed because of injury. For his career, the 6-foot-11 forward is averaging 27.2 points and seven rebounds per game.
The move brings Durant back to the state of Texas, where he played his one year of college basketball for the Longhorns and was the college player of the year before going as the No. 2 pick in the 2007 draft by the SuperSonics.
The Rockets will become his fifth franchise, joining the Sonics (who then became the Thunder), Warriors, Nets and Suns. Durant won his two titles with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018, and last summer in Paris he became the highest-scoring player in U.S. Olympic basketball history and the first men’s player to be part of four gold-medal teams.
Durant is a four-time scoring champion, a two-time Finals MVP and one of eight players in league history with more than 30,000 career points, joining the club on Feb. 11.
Durant is under contract next season for roughly $50 million before becoming a free agent in 2026.
His departure from the Suns was expected and ends a disappointing 2 1/2 years in the desert. Durant never enjoyed consistent team success despite being part of a trio that included stars Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.
Durant was acquired by the Suns from the Nets in a four-team trade-deadline deal in 2023, just days after Mat Ishbia bought the team for roughly $4 billion. The Suns gave up a lot to acquire Durant, sending young standouts Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, along with four future first-round picks, to the Nets.
AP writer David Brandt in Phoenix contributed.