{"id":45283,"date":"2025-07-07T06:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45283\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T06:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:20:17","slug":"rockets-suns-deal-part-of-first-7-team-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45283\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets, Suns deal part of first 7-team trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/84377791007-2222180123.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Suns draft pick Khaman Maluach: &#8216;Sometimes I let the emotions out&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Khaman Maluach was emotional after being selected by the Phoenix Suns in the 2025 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>NBA content network<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA<\/a> offseason is still young, but we have likely already seen the biggest move. In late June, former MVP and two-time Finals MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/kevin-durant\/329525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Durant<\/a> was traded the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/houston-rockets\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Houston Rockets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2025\/06\/22\/kevin-durant-trade-rockets-suns-jalen-green-dillon-brooks\/84171326007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trade was still unofficial<\/a>, fans already knew some parts of it. We knew that the Rockets were giving up <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/dillon-brooks\/854601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dillon Brooks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/jalen-green\/1271706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jalen Green<\/a>, and the 10th-overall pick of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2025\/07\/04\/nba-free-agency-stock-up-down\/84465298007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 draft<\/a>. Fans thought that was that, but oh no. There was much, much more to this trade.<\/p>\n<p>On July 6, the trade became official, revealing that there were seven teams involved in the trade \u2212 the first such trade in NBA history, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/45683702\/keven-durant-rockets-part-complex-seven-team-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESPN<\/a>. Six players, fifteen draft picks, and a bit of cash were all moved in order to move Kevin Durant to the Lone Star State. Here&#8217;s what to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">NBA News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/columnist\/jeff-zillgitt\/2025\/07\/04\/knicks-new-coach-mike-brown-knows-whats-expected-nba-finals-or-bust\/84472973007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knicks&#8217; new coach Mike Brown knows that it&#8217;s championship or bust<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which teams were involved in the trade?<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/houston-rockets\/10\/\" data-autotag=\"13a51ca7-e216-40c0-a272-58d18f5541d7\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston Rockets<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/phoenix-suns\/21\/\" data-autotag=\"5b1d8499-f4c6-4857-a8e9-6d2e8a35bac3\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> were involved, but other teams in on the action included the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/atlanta-hawks\/1\/\" data-autotag=\"6d961911-3a35-4c3b-8eee-3aaa21d0ddac\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" data-autotag=\"02f2623f-cb52-4847-8284-ff461d726c25\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/golden-state-warriors\/9\/\" data-autotag=\"b851f12c-2556-43d0-b31a-c0eca28025da\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden State Warriors<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/minnesota-timberwolves\/16\/\" data-autotag=\"ac5e47f0-6bd5-488e-9fd0-a3a235704d6f\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" data-autotag=\"4d34a300-3059-4ec4-a4d3-4d636ac95816\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What did each team receive?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Phoenix Suns:<\/strong> Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, 10th-overall pick (Khaman Maluach), 31st-overall pick (Rasheer Fleming), 41st-overall pick (Koby Brea), Daeqwon Plowden, a 2026 2nd-round pick, a 2032 second-round pick<\/li>\n<li><strong>Houston Rockets:<\/strong> Kevin Durant, Clint Capela, 2031 2nd-round pick swap<\/li>\n<li><strong>Golden State Warriors:<\/strong> 52nd-overall pick (Alex Toohey), 59th-overall pick (Jahmai Mashack)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brooklyn Nets:<\/strong> 2026 2nd-round pick, 2030 2nd-round pick<\/li>\n<li><strong>Atlanta Hawks:<\/strong> David Roddy, 2031 2nd-round pick swap, cash considerations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Los Angeles Lakers:<\/strong> 36th-overall pick (Adou Thiero)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Minnesota Timberwolves:<\/strong> 45th-overall pick (Rocco Zikarsky), two future 2nd-round picks, cash considerations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why did it take so long for the trade to become official?<\/p>\n<p>The deal was not eligible to be completed until July 6, the start of the NBA&#8217;s 2025-26 official year. The delay allowed teams to satisfy salary cap requirements and actually enabled Phoenix to move the second-round picks it earned in the trade around in order to alleviate some salary cap penalties they would&#8217;ve otherwise had to endure.<\/p>\n<p>What was the previous biggest trade in NBA history?<\/p>\n<p>Just one year ago, the league saw a six-team trade between the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/dallas-mavericks\/6\/\" data-autotag=\"e6751d65-4a81-4131-973c-176d23467b30\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a>, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/denver-nuggets\/7\/\" data-autotag=\"81d09f83-fd88-4a89-842b-d31778fd3b3c\" rel=\"noopener\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/charlotte-hornets\/5312\/\" data-autotag=\"e256e96c-b58f-4300-a36c-9b2c6d336797\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/20\/\" data-autotag=\"b3f2a355-8d98-44c0-a603-3f9a2d8bc375\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>. The biggest player involved in this trade was five-time All-Star Klay Thompson, who was sent from the Golden State Warriors to the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">NBA News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2025\/07\/02\/malik-beasley-investigation-pistons-barber-dentist\/84453090007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Former Pistons guard Malik Beasley paid barber, dentist $60,000 after lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suns draft pick Khaman Maluach: &#8216;Sometimes I let the emotions out&#8217; Khaman Maluach was emotional after being selected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[12775,4231,5356,3119,1339,1121,3124,7230,15654,3118,35108,34308,1596,3139,7652,35111,8605,3134,7229,7190,7222,5723,7235,2863,3140,7007,23882,15655,4345,3136,59,7226,7192,2572,3359,8604,4230,3141,6650,3663,3131,1571,5382,1260,15297,942,50,940,7198,450,950,1311,3123,1589,1721,35109,5565,35110,62,1458,290,7231,358,6273,3187,7201],"class_list":{"0":"post-45283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-angeles","10":"tag-atlanta","11":"tag-atlanta-hawks","12":"tag-basketball","13":"tag-brooklyn","14":"tag-brooklyn-nets","15":"tag-brooks","16":"tag-charlotte","17":"tag-charlotte-hornets","18":"tag-daeqwon","19":"tag-daeqwon-plowden","20":"tag-dallas","21":"tag-dallas-mavericks","22":"tag-david","23":"tag-david-roddy","24":"tag-denver","25":"tag-denver-nuggets","26":"tag-dillon","27":"tag-dillon-brooks","28":"tag-durant","29":"tag-espn","30":"tag-espn-inc","31":"tag-golden","32":"tag-golden-state-warriors","33":"tag-green","34":"tag-hawks","35":"tag-hornets","36":"tag-houston","37":"tag-houston-rockets","38":"tag-inc","39":"tag-jalen","40":"tag-jalen-green","41":"tag-kevin","42":"tag-kevin-durant","43":"tag-lakers","44":"tag-los","45":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","46":"tag-mavericks","47":"tag-minnesota","48":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","49":"tag-national","50":"tag-national-sports","51":"tag-nba","52":"tag-nets","53":"tag-neutral","54":"tag-news","55":"tag-now","56":"tag-nuggets","57":"tag-overall","58":"tag-overall-neutral","59":"tag-philadelphia","60":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","61":"tag-phoenix","62":"tag-phoenix-suns","63":"tag-plowden","64":"tag-rockets","65":"tag-roddy","66":"tag-sports","67":"tag-sports-news","68":"tag-state","69":"tag-suns","70":"tag-texas","71":"tag-timberwolves","72":"tag-tx","73":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}