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Kevin Durant Reveals Why He Wanted To Get Traded To Rockets

NBA legend Kevin Durant spoke to Kay Adams at Fanatics Fest in New York after the Phoenix Suns traded him to the Houston Rockets. Adams asked Durant why he wanted to get traded to the Rockets. “They just had a great season last year,” Durant said.

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Kevin Durant says Suns fans ‘got what they wanted’ after trade to Houston Rockets

PHOENIX — Kevin Durant spoke for the first time after his trade from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets during Fanatics Fest on Sunday, June 22. Durant was at the fest at a live panel when news broke of his trade.

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Kevin Durant On Suns Trading Him To Rockets: ‘They Got What They Wanted And I Got What I Wanted’

It’s nothing personal. It’s just the business side of basketball. That seemed to be the take of Kevin Durant after learning he had been traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets.

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During last year’s end of season press conference, Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia claimed change was coming. Since then, the franchise has a new general manager, head coach and will have traded 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant within the week.