Report: Cavaliers Offered Darius Garland To Suns For Kevin Durant

According to NBA insider Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo Sports, the Cleveland Cavaliers offered Darius Garland to the Phoenix Suns for Kevin Durant. 

The Suns agreed to trade Durant to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in this year’s draft and five second-round picks.

Garland had surgery on June 9 to repair the left big toe injury that troubled him during the 2025 playoffs and is expected to miss four to five months.

A two-time All-Star, Garland played in 75 games for the Cavaliers this season. He averaged 20.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists while shooting 47.2% from the field, 40.1% from beyond the arc and 87.8% from the free-throw line. 

Cleveland was the first seed in the East this year. The team lost to the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the playoffs in five games. 

The Cavaliers haven’t advanced past the second round of the postseason since acquiring Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz in 2022. 

A top 75 player of all time, Durant averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists for the Suns this season in 62 games. The 15-time All-Star shot 52.7% from the field, 43.0% from beyond the arc and 83.9% from the free-throw line.

Durant has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets and Suns. He hasn’t gotten past the second round of the playoffs since leaving the Warriors in the summer of 2019. 

Durant won the 2014 MVP Award and four scoring titles with OKC and back-to-back rings and Finals MVPs with Golden State in 2017 and 2018. 

A four-time scoring champion, Durant tore his right Achilles tendon in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Warriors and Toronto Raptors. He signed with the Nets in the summer of 2019 and missed the entire 2019-20 season. 

Phoenix acquired Durant from Brooklyn in 2023. The Suns won only one postseason series with Durant, the eighth leading scorer in NBA history. 

A future Hall of Famer, Durant has career averages of 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 1,123 NBA games.