Big update 💥 Team record: Durant will be traded in the next few days, the Rockets are the ideal next home

According to Duane Rankin, a Sun reporter who works for the Arizona Republic, several sources in the league revealed that 36-year-old superstar Kevin Durant will be sent away by the Sun in the next few days, and the transaction will be completed as early as next week.

Several sources said that a few teams are competing for Durant, with the Rockets and the Timberwolves being two of them.

ESPN famous reporter Shams said today that in the past 24 hours, the Rockets, Heat and Timberwolves were at the Durant trading discussion center.

Duane Rankin said that a league source revealed that the Rockets will be the ideal landing point for Durant, and that the Houston team needs to have a final say in the fourth quarter, and they can also provide the Suns with draft picks and young players. It should be pointed out that the Rockets hold the first round picks for the Suns in 2025, 2027 and 2029.

It is worth mentioning that Rockets coach Uduka (assistant coach) had cooperated with Durant during the Nets.

According to ESPN salary expert Bobby Marks, Durant's contract has the last year left (salary of about $54.71 million), but due to the 38-year-old rule limit, he can only renew his contract for two years at most. If Durant stays with the Suns, he can renew a two-year, $124 million contract; if he is traded by the Suns, he can renew a two-year, $111 million contract with the new team (similar to the situation between Butler and the Warriors).

In the 2024-25 season, 36-year-old Durant played 62 regular season games for the Suns, averaging 36.5 minutes per game, scoring 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.2 blocks, with shooting percentages in the three events being 52.7%, 43.0% and 83.9% respectively.