The Houston Rockets are trading for Kevin Durant, CBS News has confirmed. The deal will send Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in this week's draft and five second-round picks to the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal. Durant, entering his 18th season, will now join his fifth after stints with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets and the Suns.The Suns acquired Durant at the 2023 trade deadline with much fanfare. Mat Ishbia had just taken over the team and he wanted to make a splash, so he traded control of five first-round picks along with Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson and Jae Crowder to get the 2014 MVP. However, the move was not enough to give Ishbia the contender he craved. The Suns lost in the second round to the Denver Nuggets in 2023. They were swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round in 2024. Then, this season, they missed the postseason all together.Rumors of Durant's availability at the deadline came seemingly out of nowhere at the deadline. His Suns had spent months trying and failing to trade Bradley Beal for Jimmy Butler. Therefore, with the deadline nearing, they took a different approach. They attempted to trade Durant back to the Warriors in a three-team deal that would have brought in assets from Golden State and Butler from the Warriors.The only problem? Durant didn't want to return to the team with whom he won his two championships. That scuttled the deal. Other teams sniffed around at the deadline, but Durant seemingly preferred to finish the season in Phoenix and figure out his future later., Durant, a 15-time NBA All-Star, 2-time Finals MVP and 2014 Kia MVP, averaged 26.2 points 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists with the Suns last season. He joins a Rockets team that went 52-30 in 2024-25 , The Houston Rockets are trading for Kevin Durant, according to ESPN. The deal will send Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in this week's draft and five second-round pick to the Phoenix .