Kevin Durant On Suns Trading Him To Rockets: 'They Got What They Wanted And I Got What I Wanted'
It’s nothing personal. It’s just the business side of basketball. That seemed to be the take of Kevin Durant after learning he had been traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets.
Durant learned of the news while sitting on the stage at Fanatics Fest on Sunday.
“They wanted me to go,” he told sports media personality Kay Adams. “I’m glad … they got what they wanted and I got what I wanted.”
He added that it was a “crazy, crazy last couple weeks,” saying that he’s glad it’s all over. “I’m looking forward to it,” he said.
In exchange for Durant, the Suns will receive Rockets leading scorer Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft and five second-rounders.
“I had an idea, but I didn’t know exactly when it would happen,” Durant told Adams. “I’m glad it happened on stage. Fanatics fans deserved that moment.”
We're speechless, but KD has words
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Durant has now been traded three times in four years, an unusual pattern for an NBA player of his stature. He reportedly waived off a potential return to Golden State at the trade deadline, but had listed Houston, the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs among his preferred landing spots.
Now he gets a shot at a new start in Houston, where he’ll join a team still loaded with talent — including Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Fred VanVleet — and a franchise ready to turn a corner.
Durant, who at 36 years old still looks like a top-15 player, coming off a season in which he averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, and shot 43 percent from three. He’ll give Houston a proven playoff scorer and much-needed half-court shot creation after a first-round exit against the Golden State Warriors.