Shams: Kevin Durant Traded to Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, No. 10, Five 2nd Round Picks

Handlez · Post #481 » by **Handlez** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:36 am

Houston had a great season and blew it up for an old man.

They_Them_Hatin · Post #482 » by **They_Them_Hatin** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:38 am

G R E Y wrote::o

Read on Twitter

Do not believe a word this weirdo says. He and Phoenix media has had a vendetta against KD all season while praising Beal. He swore they were going to get back one of Eason or Whitmore and more 1sts.

LAvision · Post #483 » by **LAvision** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:41 am

This seems like a lose lose trade. Don't like it for either.

Dacost · Post #484 » by **Dacost** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:47 am

Looking at the Suns roster they have all wings and no centers or point guards.

Bookers Beal and Green is also a disaster waiting to happpend fit wise.

They need find trade for Green right now.

CS707 · Post #485 » by **CS707** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:47 am

I suppose Houston wins on paper but I have a feeling it doesn’t work out in a practical application.

Post #486 » by **G R E Y** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:49 am

They_Them_Hatin wrote:
G R E Y wrote::o

Read on Twitter

Do not believe a word this weirdo says. He and Phoenix media has had a vendetta against KD all season while praising Beal. He swore they were going to get back one of Eason or Whitmore and more 1sts.

I mean, Shams is the Suns mouthpiece, this guy's a weirdo...

It may have been the case that those names were sought. Trades are fluid until done. At some point I saw a Suns podcast and the two guys basically said prepare to be disappointed.

I've seen versions of Spurs not wanting to give up significant pieces, but no offer is surprising. We'll never know the truth beyond this offer being beatable if some teams (us included) really wanted KD.

SportsGuru08 · Post #487 » by **SportsGuru08** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:49 am

Houston way overspent for a guy who turns 37 before the season starts. Phoenix is definitely the long-term winner.

Indomitable · Post #488 » by **Indomitable** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 12:58 am

JujitsuFlip wrote:
Indomitable wrote:
Jellybeans wrote:Thats it for KD?

What do you think a 38 year old is worth.

Did better then Luka
He's not 38

My bad 37. It about the same.

jbsays · Post #489 » by **jbsays** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:06 am

Effigy wrote:
lonzo_pelota wrote:Houston always gets stars when their Washed up smh

It's Barkley redux.

Same Rockets team also had Pippen.

f4p · Post #490 » by **f4p** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:11 am

Mirotic12 wrote:Durant's time with the Nets and Suns were total failures.

But that's largely due to non-KD things , which is probably why it was good to trade for KD while his value was low.

The 2021 nets probably win the title if KDs 2 best teammates don't get hurt. The 2022 nets were the 1 seed without Kyrie until the Kyrie drama blew everything up.

Anyone who thought booker and Beal was a good actual set of teammates was overrating phoenix's chances, but even this year the suns were 33-29 with KD and an amazing 3-17 without him.

DirtyDez · Post #491 » by **DirtyDez** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:13 am

SportsGuru08 wrote:Houston way overspent for a guy who turns 37 before the season starts. Phoenix is definitely the long-term winner.

I’m not sure either team won. KD is entering year 18 and added two more leg injuries to his portfolio last season.

The Suns didn’t get a top-5 asset from Houston. Time will tell.

JujitsuFlip · Post #492 » by **JujitsuFlip** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:25 am

Handlez wrote:Houston had a great season and blew it up for an old man.

They didn't blow it up lmao

nbafan38 · Post #493 » by **nbafan38** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:26 am

Honestly a pretty fair deal for both teams imo.

Daddy 801 · Post #494 » by **Daddy 801** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:29 am

A lot of those trade proposals where GM’s thought KD was gonna bring back multiple firsts and young guys not looking so accurate anymore.

MavsDirk41 · Post #495 » by **MavsDirk41** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:30 am

nbafan38 wrote:Honestly a pretty fair deal for both teams imo.

If Phoenix had received Jabari Smith instead of Green i would have liked the trade for them. I dont get Green with Booker and Beal. I dont even get Green with Booker if they were to magically trade Beal. As it stands i like it better for Houston.

Post #496 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:41 am

MavsDirk41 wrote:
nbafan38 wrote:Honestly a pretty fair deal for both teams imo.

If Phoenix had received Jabari Smith instead of Green i would have liked the trade for them. I dont get Green with Booker and Beal. I dont even get Green with Booker if they were to magically trade Beal. As it stands i like it better for Houston.

MavsDirk, this is random, but what do you think about a Trae Young and Devin Booker pairing? The glaring issue would be defense but otherwise.....?

morosis · Post #497 » by **morosis** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 1:42 am

the suns side of this is just about collecting assets. whether people like him or not dillon brooks is a positive asset, and his playstyle is portable. everything the suns got other than jalen is just positive value assets. and jalen is probably the only piece the rockets were willing to part with for salary matching.

coming out of this, HOU is pretty much set as far as what their team will look like next opening day. FVV option to figure out but everything else seems like it is as they want it.

on the suns side, they needed to get this KD thing out of the way to start their real offseason, i expect they might turn over a ton of the remaining roster by the time we next see them on the court. but good on them getting positive value and getting the distraction of it all over with quickly. coulda easily turned into a long drawn out divorce. and i think avoiding that is a nice unquantifiable bit of positive value for the organization too.

GreenBloodedC · Post #498 » by **GreenBloodedC** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:01 am

That's a good haul for an aging KD

Post #499 » by **dakomish23** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:03 am

I wonder what PHX is going to ask for Green

SkyBill40 · Post #500 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:05 am

dakomish23 wrote:I wonder what PHX is going to ask for Green

Supposedly he's staying. And that's a problem since moving him for additional assets is the only play that makes sense. Brooks should also be moved for more pieces.

Winner