According to ESPN’s report from Sunday, the Houston Rockets will trade guard Jalen Green and forward Dillon Brooks for the team’s top overall pick from the Phoenix Suns for five second-round picks.
The US National Basketball Association (NBA) will begin its new league year on July 6th, allowing for the completion of the trade. At that point, Durant will be eligible to agree to a $ 122 million extension.
Durant’s current contract has one more year left, and he’s projected to make $ 54,7 million between 2025 and 2026.
The Rockets finished the regular season as the second-seeded team in the Western Conference, and Durant will be their new coach. The All-Star forward will travel to Houston along with Amen Thompson, Fred VanVleet, and Alperen Sengun, among others.
Durant, who turns 37 in September, played 62 games for the Suns between 2024 and 2025. Not far off of his career averages, he scored 26.6 points, grabbed 6.0% of his rebounds, grabbed 4.2% of his assists, and added 1.2% of his own. Additionally, he shot 43.0% from the three-point line.
Durant has appeared in 1, 123 games for the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2007-2016), Golden State Warriors (2016-19), Brooklyn Nets (2020-2023), and Suns (2010-2019). He was also named to the All-NBA first team six times. He averages 27.2% in his career and holds 70.1 rebounds. With a long-range shooting percentage of 39 percent, and 1.1 blocks and 4.4 assists.
Green, 23, started all 82 games this season with a 21.0% average, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. In a potent backcourt, he now travels to Phoenix, joining All-Star Devin Booker.
Since being chosen by the Rockets with the second overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, he has made 307 points, 4.3% of his shots, and 3.4 assists in 307 games.
Brooks, 29, averaged 14.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 75 games this season.
In 492 games with the Memphis Grizzlies (2017-20) and Rockets, he has contributed 14.2 points, 3.2% of his boards, and 2.0 assists. Houston selected him in the second round of the 2017 NBA Draft.
Source: Aljazeera
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