Overview

• League sources say the Rockets and Suns are negotiating to fold the Hawks, Nets, Warriors, Lakers and Timberwolves into an expanded Durant deal, creating a potential seven-team swap.
• The current framework would reroute only five active players—Durant, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Clint Capela and Daeqwon Plowden—while reshuffling draft picks and minor contracts to meet salary requirements.
• No transaction can be executed before July 6, when the NBA’s new league year begins and multi-team sign-and-trade provisions take effect.
• The initial June 22 agreement sent Durant to Houston in exchange for Green, Brooks and multiple draft selections as Phoenix embarks on a roster rebuild.
• If completed, the deal would surpass last summer’s six-team trade for Klay Thompson to become the largest in NBA history.