The Phoenix Suns agreed with a successful trade, sending an all-star of the NBA at 15 times Kevin during the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the n ° 10 choice of this year and five second round choices, said on Sunday in ESPN.
Trade can be officially completed when the new league year starts on July 6.
During was on stage on Sunday at the Fanatics Fest at the New York Javits Center when the news of the trade agreement broke out, fans surprised by the announcement.
“Being part of Houston’s Rockets, I look forward to it,” said for Kay Adams for Sunday. “Crazy, crazy about the past two weeks, but I’m glad it’s over with it.”
In addition to obtaining two starters from the seeded n ° 2 from the Western Conference and a first round choice in 2025, the five second round choices directed to the Suns are selection n ° 59 of this year’s draft, two in 2026, one in 2030 (de Boston) and one in 2032, sources told Bobby Marks d’Espn.
The addition of during the pupil The positioning of the Rockets for championship claims in the Western Conference, while he joined the 2025 All-Star Alperen Sangun, the two-way force Amen Thompson and the veteran goalkeeper Fred Vanvleet. Houston won 52 games under coach Ime Udoka this season.
The agreement also puts during one of its three favorite landing points for one of its three landing points; The Spurs of Miami Heat and San Antonio were the other two.
During said he had an idea that he would be exchanged for the rockets but did not know when it was going to happen.
“They had an excellent season last year,” said Rockets at Adams. “I love their leadership. I felt like I would be a good addition.”
During and Udoka have a solid relationship dating back stays shared with the Brooklyn Nets and American basketball. Last week, Udoka accepted a long -term contract extension with the Rockets that makes him one of the best paid coaches in the League.
During, which will have 37 years in September, collected an average of 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 62 games this season. The future Hall of Famer has at least 25 points on average, 50% shots in the field and 40% on 3 points in three consecutive seasons, the longest sequence in the NBA, according to ESPN Research.
During the rockets a leading jump shooting game and a shooting creator who fits perfectly into the programming. He pulled a better NBA 49.7% on riders and 53.1% on mid -range shots. He also had the best percentage of shooting on riders outside the stumble (50.9%), according to Geniusiq.
The Rockets only ranked 27th as an effective percentage of field goals on dribble riders and 24th as an effective percentage of goals in the field on all riders, according to Geniusiq. The Rockets have also ranked seventh electricity per game this season, but only ranked 27th in points by direct isolation.
On the other hand, during is a powerful shooter and always one of the best players in the ISO in the League: he led the NBA in points by direct isolation among the players to perform 200 insulation this season, according to ESPN Research.
After the news of the trade agreement, Houston’s chances of winning the NBA title next season went from 18-1 to +850 to ESPN Bet. This is the second best rating behind the Oklahoma City Thunder (+220). The chances of the Suns, on the other hand, went from 100-1 to 300-1 to ESPN Bet.
The Suns embarked on serious discussions to move this week, mainly focused on heat, Minnesota rockets and Timberwolves, sources said. Several other joker contenders have also emerged – notably the Raptors of Toronto, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Clippers and Denver Nuggets, sources said. But with during a contract expired of $ 54.7 million and eligible for a new extension of two years after trade, the League market for it clearly showed its ability to dictate if it wanted to play for a long -term franchise.
“”[The Suns] wanted me to go, “said during Adams.” They got what they wanted, and I got what I wanted. We can move on and good luck for them in the future. Always remember my stay there, but we are on something else. “”
The Suns’ commercial conversations have concentrated on the rockets and the heat in recent days, but the two teams have shown a reluctance to separate from young angular stones such as Jabari Smith Jr. and Reed Sheppard (Houston) and Kel’el Ware (Miami) in a case, said sources. The heat made several offers for during, but finally refused the opportunity to place Jaime Jaquez Jr., Nikola Jovic, Haywood Highsmith, choice n ° 20 and other project assets in an agreement, sources said.
Green collected an average of a summit of 21 points with 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists this season while drawing a career record of 35.4% on a 3 -point range. The 23 -year -old, who was choice No. 2 of the 2021 draft, played the 82 games in each of the last two seasons. He made 234 3 points this season, the most in a campaign of a rocket player since James Harden in 2019-2020. He now teams up with the NBA star Devin Booker to form a large power area in their twenties.
Brooks made a career record of 39.7% over the 3 points this season and ranked third in the total of defensive clashes against 2025 All-Stars, according to ESPN Research. For a Sun team who said she wanted to preach tenacity and grain in the future, the owner Mat Ishbia preaching a new culture of “tenacity”, Brooks embodied such attributes throughout her career.
During joined the Suns in a deadline of February 2023, and its 26.8 points per match as a member of the franchise are the most in the history of the Suns. The Suns now have three first -round choices and eight seconds of the second round eligible to be exchanged, resetting and reconstituting most of the assets they exchanged when they moved first for the first.
The Suns went from 36-46 this season and finished in 11th place in the Western Conference with the highest payroll in the history of the NBA, leading to organizational changes which included the hiring of Brian Gregory as director general and assistant of Jordan OTT riders as a new head coach.
