A few months out of the trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets, the superstar forward revealed that he declined a deal that would've sent him to the Golden State Warriors.
Kevin Durant blocked trade offer, relationship gets worse with Warriors originally appeared on The Sporting News
A lot of drama took place between the Phoenix Suns and Kevin Durant after failing season after season to get back to being a championship-contending team. Something that the Suns haven't been able to do since their Finals run in 2021.
Phoenix decided that the Durant era in Phoenix was ready to come to an end, and the 15-time All-Star was sent to the Houston Rockets in a record-breaking trade.
This news has had some months to marinate in the league, and more information on the blockbuster trade has come out. It involves one of Durant's former teams.
Kevin Durant stopped trade that sent him back to the Warriors, insider says
While being a guest on the Game Plan Sports Business Summit, Kevin Durant reflected on his fallout with the Phoenix Suns.
Initially, I was a little upset because I felt like we built a solid relationship, me and the Phoenix Suns, and to hear that from a different party was kind of upsetting, but that's just the name of the game. So I got over that quickly and was trying to figure out what the next steps were," Durant said, according to RealGM.com
Durant also mentioned that he decided to veto a trade that would have sent him back to the team he won both of his NBA championships, as well as two Finals MVPs, the Golden State Warriors.
"I heard Golden State was in the mix around the trade deadline, but that's when (Durant's business partner and manager) Rich (Kleiman) came into play, and those relationships that we built around the league and also playing in Golden State helped," Durant said. "We were able to tell them to kind of hold off on that."
After the relationship with the Suns fell apart, Houston crept in on the superstar forward. Adding him to a Rockets lineup that will include him, Alperen Sengun, Fred VanVleet, Amen Thompson, and more.
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