It seems only fitting that the complex Kevin Durant headlined the most complex trade in NBA history.
It seems only fitting that the complex Kevin Durant headlined the most complex trade in NBA history.
The final terms of the league’s first-ever seven-team trade became official Sunday when the moratorium on transactions ended and the new year began.
Six veteran players and 13 draft picks (one first-rounder and 12 second-rounders) were traded straight up.
A second-round pick swap and cash considerations were also included.
The final acquisition tally on a trade involving more than 23 percent of the league’s teams looks like this:
Rockets: Kevin Durant and Clint Capela
Suns: Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, rookie Khaman Maluach, rookie Rasheer Fleming, rookie Koby Brea, Daeqwon Plowden and a second-round pick
Warriors: rookies Alex Toohey and Jahmai Mashack
Hawks: David Roddy, second-round pick swap and cash
Timberwolves: Rookie Rocco Zikarsky, two second-round picks and cash
Lakers: Rookie Adou Thiero
Nets: Two second-round picks
Since the acquisition of Durant from the Suns was first agreed to, the Rockets enhanced the deal by adding Clint Capela.
