Kevin Durant Traded to Houston Rockets, Finds Out Onstage at Fanatics Fest

Kevin Durant was simply traded to the Houston Rockets in a blockbuster deal … and followers received his reside response to the transfer throughout his look at Fanatics Fest!!

The huge transaction occurred early on Sunday … coincidentally simply hours earlier than Durant’s former staff, the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, faces the Indiana Pacers in Recreation 7 of the NBA Finals to mark the tip of the 2024-25 season.

The Phoenix Suns will quit Durant for a bunch of Rockets expertise — Jalen Inexperienced, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 decide within the draft and 5 second-rounders.

Durant was onstage for a Fanatics Fest panel when the followers broke the information to him … and one may assume he would possibly’ve thought he was being NBA Centel’d.

“We’re gonna see man,” a seemingly shocked Durant mentioned. “We’re gonna see.”

Houston was reportedly one of many most well-liked locations on Durant’s listing when the 15-time All-Star requested to be traded after becoming a member of Phoenix in February 2023.

KD — who averaged 26.6 factors per sport this season — has historical past with Rockets head coach Ime Udoka, who was beforehand an assistant on the Brooklyn Nets when Durant was on the staff.

It is one final blockbuster commerce of the NBA season on the last buzzer … a marketing campaign that additionally noticed the Dallas Mavericks transport Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in February.

The Rockets had been the No. 2 seed within the Western Convention for the playoffs … however ended up dropping to the Golden State Warriors in seven video games.