Kevin Durant First Workout After Being Traded To Houston Rockets!

Kevin Durant First Workout After Being Traded To Houston Rockets!

Kevin Durant did his first workout in New York after being traded to Houston Rockets yesterday in exchange for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and five 2nd-round picks. This sudden Kevin Durant’s trade to Houston Rockets came in just hours before before the 2025 NBA Finals Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. Kevin Durant has 1 year left on his current contract at $54.7 million, and is eligible this summer for a two-year extension worth up to $122 million.

▶️ Kevin Wayne Durant also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kevin Durant has won two NBA championships, four Olympic gold medals, an NBA Most Valuable Player Award, two NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, two NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Awards, four NBA scoring titles, and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He has been named to 11 All-NBA teams (including six First Teams) and selected 15 times as an NBA All-Star. In 2021, Kevin Durant was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. He ranks eighth among NBA career scoring leaders.

Kevin Durant was heavily recruited in high school, widely regarded as the second-best player his senior year. He played one season of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns, during which he won numerous year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year. Kevin Durant was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA draft. He played nine seasons with the franchise (which became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008), leading them to a Finals appearance in 2012 and winning the MVP award for the 2013–2014 season. He later signed with the Golden State Warriors in 2016, who won a record 73 regular season games the previous year. Kevin Durant won consecutive NBA championships and Finals MVPs in 2017 and 2018. After sustaining an Achilles injury in the 2019 NBA Finals, he joined the Brooklyn Nets as a free agent that summer. Following disagreements with the Nets’ front office, he requested a trade during the 2022 offseason and was traded to the Suns the following year.

As a member of the US national team, Kevin Durant has won four gold medals in the Olympics (2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024), and is the leading scorer in Team USA’s Olympic basketball history. Kevin Durant is the only player in basketball history with MVPs in the NBA, Olympics and World Cup.

Off the court, Kevin Durant is one of the highest-earning basketball players in the world, due in part to endorsement deals with companies such as Foot Locker and Nike. He has developed a reputation for philanthropy and regularly leads the league in All-Star votes and jersey sales. In 2018, Kevin Durant was among Time’s 100 most influential people in the world. In recent years, he has contributed to The Players’ Tribune as both a photographer and writer.

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