KD reacts, Houston erupts.
Kevin Durant Responds to New Post After Being Traded to Houston Rockets originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
A 15‑time All‑Star, two‑time NBA champion, two-time Finals MVP and 2014 league MVP, Kevin Durant is one of the most decorated players in NBA history.
Now, one of the league's most accomplished players joins a 52-win Houston Rockets team fresh off its first division title and playoff berth since 2020.
As fans gear up to watch Durant don the Rockets uniform for the first time, the franchise kicked off the week with a dramatic Instagram drop.
In the clip, shared on their official account on Monday, a Phoenix Suns‑style No. 35 jersey is set ablaze, only to reveal Kevin Durant’s new Rockets No. 7 uniform emerging from the flames, along with the caption, "KD7."
Within moments, Durant himself commented on the post, “They been cookin since yesterday. This is tough.”
The uniform reveal comes on the heels of the most complex trade in NBA history; a seven‑team, 13‑player deal that officially landed Durant in Houston on Sunday.
Orchestrated as the league’s first seven‑team swap, the blockbuster involved the Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Rockets.
Alongside Durant, Houston also welcomed veteran center Clint Capela, while Phoenix received a package headlined by Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Daeqwon Plowden and multiple future second‑round picks.
Other teams reshuffled draft rights and picks, with the Warriors netting two rookie standouts and the Lakers acquiring the draft rights to Adou Thiero.
Under the terms, Durant is under contract for $54.7 million in 2025‑26, with a potential two‑year extension worth up to $122 million.
For Durant, the move represents the fifth chapter of a storied career.
After college stardom at Texas and a Rookie of the Year campaign in Oklahoma City, he captured back‑to‑back titles in Golden State before spending three years in Brooklyn and another three years Phoenix.
Through all of this, he remained one of the game's best pure scorers, never dropping below 25 points per game and in 2024-25, shot 52.7% from the floor, 43% from deep and 83.9% from the free-throw line, all at the age of 36.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 8, 2025, where it first appeared.
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