In a bombshell breaking news report by ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Phoenix Suns have officially traded future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for multiple assets in return.

Houston made the decision to trade Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and the tenth overall pick of the 2025 NBA draft to the Suns. Most notably, the Rockets did not need to include either Jabari Smith Jr. or Alperen Sengun in the deal to get it done.

In the past 24 hours, both the Miami Heat and Rockets had “accelerated talks” with Mat Ishbia’s organization. The deal fell apart for Pat Riley’s team when they did not want to depart from Jaime Jaquez Jr. or Kel’el Ware.

For Durant, the Rockets were one of his preferred teams to join. The other two were the San Antonio Spurs and Miami.

The 36-year-old has a year remaining on his contract, but is expected to sign an extension with the Rockets in the future.

According to multiple reports coming out of ESPN, despite the Minnesota Timberwolves having interest in Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards does not have interest in actively recruiting the future Hall of Famer.

There is a belief the Suns want to accept Minnesota’s offer, as it may be the best one, and not prioritize where Durant wants to go. However, Durant has made it severely clear he has no interest in joining the Timberwolves.

“Talked to some people close to Anthony Edwards,” said Marc J. Spears on Wednesday’s episode of NBA Today. “This is a non-story. He’s in Atlanta working out. He loves his former teammate. He loves his current teammates. Some people close to me said he’s focused on what’s next with this team. And he’s not flying to L.A. to try to convince K.D. anything different.”

“Spears said this yesterday, I did not see it get picked up out there so I’m glad he’s repeating it,” added Brian Windhorst. “That’s legitimately an important piece of information. Ant Edwards is not recruiting Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant says he doesn’t want to be in Minnesota. The deal is not done. This is not heading towards Minnesota. Obviously things can change. This is not heading like Durant is going to Minnesota. Spears is making it very clear the way Ant is feeling.”

Durant’s list of preferred teams to go to are the Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, and Houston Rockets. Phoenix wants to trade him by the draft.

According to Damichael Cole, the Memphis Grizzlies have no interest in making a trade for Phoenix Suns’ superstar Kevin Durant. Memphis did kick around the idea, however, they ultimately decided it wasn’t for them.

This comes heavily after the Desmond Bane trade where they secured a first-round pick swap and four first-round picks; many people believed Zach Kleiman could have flipped some of those picks and promising players to Phoenix for a “win-now” situation for Durant and Ja Morant.

In the end, they rather extend Jaren Jackson Jr. and remodel the team based on the abilities of Jackson and Morant. There isn’t even a realm of where they would be a “darkhorse.”

The 36-year-old continues to have his list as the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, and Miami Heat. The New York Knicks have no interest in him, and Durant has no interest in playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Phoenix is still trying to get a deal done before, or right at, Draft Night. However, they reportedly may extend the deadline past the NBA draft.