Kevin Durant being sent from Suns to Rockets in a blockbuster trade, AP source says

By TIM REYNOLDS The Houston Rockets are acquiring -time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday a person with knowledge of the agreement recounted The Associated Press The Rockets are giving up Dillon Brooks Jalen Green and six future picks including the No selection in Wednesday s opening round of this year s draft according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was still pending NBA approval It ends weeks of speculation about where Durant would end up Several teams were involved at various times including Miami and Minnesota but in the end Phoenix took the Rockets offer ESPN first broadcasted the deal Fans learned of the news while Durant was on stage in New York at Fanatics Fest NYC and when they began reacting Durant started exhibiting delight broadly We re gonna see man Durant explained from the stage We re gonna see Boardroom the ever-growing media company that Durant and his business partner Rich Kleiman co-founded in teams up with Fanatics on a number of projects The panel that Durant was set to appear on there Sunday was called Global Contest Changers He certainly figures to change the competition for Houston Houston finished No in the Western Conference in the regular season albeit games behind No Oklahoma City It now adds a two-time champion to its young core as it looks to make another jump next season Durant averaged points this season his th in the NBA not counting one year missed because of injury For his career the -foot- forward is averaging points and seven rebounds per encounter The move brings Durant back to the state of Texas where he played his one year of college basketball for the Longhorns and was the college competitor of the year before going as the No pick in the draft by Seattle Houston will become his fifth franchise joining the SuperSonics who then became the Oklahoma City Thunder Golden State Brooklyn and Phoenix Durant won his two titles with the Warriors in and and last summer in Paris he became the highest-scoring athlete in U S Olympic basketball history and the first men s participant to be part of four gold-medal teams AP NBA https apnews com hub NBA