All you need to know about NBA’s Kevin Durant trade
The 32 franchises of the National Basketball League (NBA) are studded with a variety of star professional basketball players. But not everyone has a superstar like Kevin Durant.
Phoenix Suns acquired Durant, who won two championships for his previous team Brooklyn Nets, in a four-team trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers.
The four-team deal
As part of the deal, Brooklyn got forwards Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, multiple first-round picks (2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029) and a first-round pick exchange in 2028 with Phoenix, as well as second-round picks from Milwaukee.
Resultantly, seasoned forward Jae Crowder moved to the Bucks, while Indiana also received second-round picks.
Trade details:
Phoenix Suns get:
Kevin Durant and TJ Warren
Brooklyn Nets get:
Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, and Juan Pablo Vaulet.
They also get:
- 2023 first-round pick (from Phoenix)
- 2025 first-round pick (from Phoenix)
- 2027 first-round pick (from Phoenix)
- 2028 first-round pick swap (from Phoenix)
- 2028 second-round pick (from Milwaukee)
- 2029 first-round pick (from Phoenix
- 2029 second-round pick (from Milwaukee)
Milwaukee Bucks receive:
Jae Crowder
Indiana Pacers receive:
George Hill, Serge Ibaka, and Jordan Nwora.
They also get:
- Three future second-round picks (from Milwaukee)
- Cash offers (from Brooklyn)
Kevin Durant’s past NBA trades
Durant played 35 games in his lone season at Texas with Texas Longhorns before being picked by the Seattle SuperSonics (rebranded as Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008) in the 2007 NBA draft.
Despite spending nine seasons with the franchise, he wasn’t quite content with them and enforced a trade in 2016. After moving to Golden State Warriors, Durant won consecutive championships with them in 2017 and 2018. He won the Finals Most Valuable Player in both seasons.
The forward sustained an Achilles injury in the 2019 finals, he joined Brooklyn Nets as a free agent but requested a trade once again in 2022 after disagreements with the Nets’ front office. He finally moved to Phoenix Suns in February 2023.
