Houston Rockets Expected To Sign Kevin Durant To Extension Below $120 Million Maximum

The Houston Rockets are expected to sign Kevin Durant to an extension below $120 million, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.

Durant is eligible to sign a two-year extension with the Rockets for a maximum $120 million.

“How much the Houston Rockets ultimately pay Tari Eason will also certainly impact how much the Rockets can pay Kevin Durant in Durant’s looming extension,” Fischer wrote. “A deal for Durant continues to be described as an inevitability by numerous well-placed observers … but a deal that is increasingly expected to land at a figure below the $120 million maximum that Durant is eligible for in a two-year pact.”

The Rockets traded Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th pick in this year’s NBA Draft and five second-round picks to the Phoenix Suns for Durant on July 6.

Durant averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.2 blocks last season in 62 games. He shot 52.7% from the field, 43.0% from beyond the arc and 83.9% from the free-throw line for the Suns, who missed the 2025 playoffs.

The Rockets, coached by Ime Udoka, made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2020. They lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round in seven games.

A 15-time All-Star, Durant enters this season with career averages of 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.1 blocks with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Warriors, Brooklyn Nets and Suns. He won back-to-back championships and Finals MVPs in 2017 and 2018 with Golden State.

Durant, 37, has won only two playoff series (2021, 2023) since leaving the Warriors for the Nets in 2019.

A top 75 player of all time, Durant is a four-time scoring champion and a one-time MVP. He will make his Houston regular-season debut against his old team, Oklahoma City, on October 21.