Houston Rockets’ Best Possible Offer For Kevin Durant

The Houston Rockets are one of several NBA teams kicking the tires on a potential trade for Phoenix Suns superstar, Kevin Durant, this summer.

According to ESPN insider Jonathan Givony, Houston brass has its eye on several big names at the moment.

“The Rockets are clearly in win-now mode and would love to add star power to their roster, with players such as Kevin Durant, Jimmy Butler, Mikal Bridges and Brandon Ingram as well as role players including Brook Lopez and Marcus Smart being some that other teams say the Rockets could have interest in targeting (with some names more far-fetched than others),” Givony wrote.

While that is obviously an aspirational list, no name on it is more notable than Durant.

If the Rockets want to have any hope of getting the future Hall of Famer, they have to put a very specific package together. The Los Angeles Lakers’ best offer for Durant is a matter of public record? What is Houston’s?

Durant is owed $51,179,020 next year. For Houston’s offer to make sense, it would have to include the following pieces: Dillon Brooks, Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore.

In addition, the Rockets would unquestionably also need to include the third overall pick in this year’s draft and then the 2026 first-rounder they have from the Brooklyn Nets.

What does each side get out of this? Well, Houston immediately gets a star player who meshes perfectly with Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green. This roster should catapult the Rockets to the upper echelon of the Western Conference.

For the Suns, this their chance to get some depth back after giving it all up to acquire Durant and Bradley Beal. So far their trio of Durant, Beal and Devin Booker has done a whole lot of nothing in the playoffs.

Maybe it is time for a change.

One way or another, the Rockets are going to try their darndest to get Durant. Will they succeed, though? Time will tell.

Anthony Amador

A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school Games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.