Overview

• Durant recounted at the Game Plan Sports Business Summit that he found out he was on the market around February and was initially upset by how he learned it.
• He confirmed the Warriors pursued a reunion at the deadline and said he and Rich Kleiman told Golden State to hold off.
• Durant stayed with Phoenix through the deadline, missed the final seven games after a March 30 ankle injury, and the Suns failed to reach the play-in.
• He said teams planned to revisit talks in the summer and that Houston moved quickly once the offseason began.
• An agreement was reached in June to send Durant to the Rockets, with Phoenix receiving Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and the No. 10 pick used on Khaman Maluach plus additional draft assets.