Kevin Durant trade now official: Superstar forward sent to Houston Rockets in NBA-record, 7-team deal

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The Kevin Durant trade is now official, and a part of NBA history.
The 15-time All-Star forward is part of a league-record, seven-team deal that's delivered him from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets.
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Yahoo Sports is breaking down the NBA's largest trade to date, team-by-team, as outlined in the terms reported by ESPN's Shams Charania.
Houston Rockets
F Kevin Durant
C Clint Capela
Breakdown:
Durant, who will turn 37 in September, will play for his fifth NBA franchise. He has one year remaining on his current contract and will be eligible for a two-year extension worth up to $122 million next summer. Durant is still an efficient three-level scorer who has shot north of 40% from 3 each of the past three seasons. While averaging 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists, he led the Suns in 2024-25 with an effective field goal percentage of 66.9%.
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Through a sign-and-trade, Capela is making his return to Houston, where he played his first six NBA seasons. With the Atlanta Hawks this past season, Capela averaged 8.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 blocks in 21.4 minutes per game. He'll join fellow veteran center Steven Adams in the frontcourt. They'll back up 2025 All-Star Alperen Şengün.
Phoenix Suns
F Dillon Brooks
G Jalen Green
C Khaman Maluach
W Daeqwon Plowden
F Rasheer Fleming
G Koby Brea
Second-round pick
Breakdown:
New general manager Brian Gregory made his first front office splash with this trade. As owner Mat Ishbia looks to put a disappointing 2024-25 campaign in the rear view mirror, building a roster with toughness has been a priority this offseason. Brooks offers that in spades. The veteran forward has averaged 14.2 points per game during his eight-year career and even shot 39.7% from 3 last season, but he's best known for being a defensive pest. On one hand, he made the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2023. On the other hand, he racked up 19 technical fouls in 2024-25, the second-most of any NBA player this past season. In other words, his defensive intensity can come at a cost sometimes.
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Green, meanwhile, is still only 23 years old. He posted 21.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in 2024-25 while shooting 42.3% from the field and 35.4% from 3. The Suns have an influx of guards, except there's a path for Green to stand out among the bunch alongside four-time All-Star Devin Booker. Not only does Green score at a high clip, but he's reliable health-wise, too. He's played all 82 regular-season games each of the past two seasons.
The Suns scooped up Duke center Khaman Maluach with the No. 10 overall pick they acquired from Houston. Maluach hails from South Sudan. He didn't start playing basketball until he was 13, but he's got immense potential at 7-foot-1. He averaged 8.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game while logging an efficient 71.2% field-goal percentage this past season at Duke.
Plowden is a 26-year-old Bowling Green product who went undrafted in 2022 and has mostly spent time in the G League since. Last December, he signed a two-way contract with the Hawks. The next month, he made his NBA debut and made it memorable with seven makes in a row to start his night, finishing with 19 points in a win over the Chicago Bulls. Plowden ended up with five more appearances this past season, sniffing his career high with a 17-point outing in a victory over the Orlando Magic on April 13.
Atlanta Hawks
F David Roddy
Second-round pick swap
Cash
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Breakdown:
Rather than simply watching Capela walk in free agency, the Hawks got in on the Durant deal, with Capela's Rockets reunion instead resulting from a sign-and-trade. That meant Atlanta received compensation for the Swiss big man, albeit minor compensation.
In return, the Hawks acquired 24-year-old David Roddy from the Rockets. Roddy starred at Colorado State, where the 6-foot-4 forward became the 2022 Mountain West Player of the Year. He was part of a draft day trade that summer that sent him to the Memphis Grizzlies as soon as he was picked No. 23 overall. Roddy has played 168 NBA games so far while bouncing around the league. In addition to the Grizzlies, he's also taken the court for the Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers and Rockets. He's averaged 6.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 16.9 minutes per game during his young career. Of his 20 career starts, 17 came with the Grizzlies during his first two years in the league.
Brooklyn Nets
Two second-round picks
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Golden State Warriors
F Alex Toohey
G Jahmai Mashack
Los Angeles Lakers
F Adou Thiero
Minnesota Timberwolves
C Rocco Zikarsky
Two second-round picks
Cash
Ultimately, there are only six players who were in the NBA last season that are a part of the Durant deal. All other assets included in the exchange come from pick trades that occurred during the NBA Draft but weren't finalized until Sunday, which marked the official start of NBA free agency.
Before Sunday's seven-team deal became official, the largest trade in NBA history was the six-teamer that shipped Klay Thompson from the Golden State Warriors to the Dallas Mavericks last summer. That trade topped a five-team deal in 2021 that saw the Los Angeles Lakers send Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards.