Durant is officially traded, the Suns Big Three announces end, the Rockets prepare to revenge the Warriors

Kevin Durant's trading farce finally ended. After being traded by the team in the mid-2024-25 season, the Phoenix Suns finally traded Kevin Durant after entering the 2025 offseason. According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Phoenix Suns have traded Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets and gained generous bargaining chips.

Houston Rockets won: Kevin Durant

Phoenix Suns won: Jaylen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th pick in the first round of 2025, and 5 second round picks

This is a 1-for-8 deal. For the Phoenix Suns, it is definitely a sure-making deal. A 10th pick in the first round of this year is already very good, and there are 5 second round picks. Most importantly, they can also defeat the young Jaylen Green and Dillon Brooks, both of whom are good players. After the Phoenix Suns missed the playoffs in the 2024-25 season, the team was tangled with trading rumors all day long. Now, he finally got rid of Kevin Durant and found a suitable next team for him, and he also got the bargaining chips he wanted. Now, the era of the Phoenix Suns Big Three has officially ended with failure.

After entering the offseason, the Knicks, the Heat, the Rockets, the Spurs and the Timberwolves are all potential favorites for Kevin Durant. However, these teams refused to send away a large number of young players and future draft picks for Kevin Durant. Finally, the Phoenix Suns chose to reach a deal with the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets used 2 players and 6 draft picks to win the trade for Kevin Durant, who was about to be 37, which was a helpless move. Finally entered the playoffs in the 2024-25 season, but lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs. As a young core player of the team, Jaylen Green averaged only 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists in the first round, which is far from his average of only 21 points per game in the regular season.

As a 1.93-meter defender, Jaylen Green is a bit thin and is easily at a disadvantage in offense and defense confrontation. As for Dillon Brooks being traded, it wasn't because he performed poorly, it was because he performed too well. The Phoenix Suns cannot get young players like Jabbarry Smith from the Rockets lineup, but can only get players like Dillon Brooks who do dirty work and tiring work. After all, Dillon Brooks' annual salary is not low, and in order to accept Kevin Durant's large contract, Dillon Brooks' contract just matches.

In fact, the Houston Rockets won Kevin Durant more to revenge the Golden State Warriors. They lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs and were ridiculed. Now they have traded to Kevin Durant, and it will be ironic to let Kevin Durant lead the team to defeat the Golden State Warriors. Because Kevin Durant was humiliated by his teammates in 2019, he finally had to leave the team with an Achilles tendon injury.