By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Kevin Durant has agreed with the Houston Rockets on a two-year, $90 million contract extension, per ESPN senior NBA insider Shams Charania. The deal was officially confirmed later Sunday.
Per the press release: “The Houston Rockets today announced they have signed forward Kevin Durant to a contract extension. He was acquired from Phoenix as part of an NBA-record seven-team trade on July 6, 2025.
Durant is a former MVP, 15-time All-Star, 11-time All-NBA selection (First Team six times; Second Team five times), four-time scoring champion, and a two-time NBA champion and Finals MVP. LeBron James (21), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (19) and Kobe Bryant (18) are the only players in league history with more All-Star appearances.
For his career, Durant is averaging 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.13 blocks and 1.05 steals. He is one of six players in NBA history averaging at least 25.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg and 4.0 apg and is the only one doing so along with at least 1.00 bpg and 1.00 spg.
Durant enters this season needing 849 points to move past Wilt Chamberlain for seventh on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and 990 to surpass Dirk Nowitzki for sixth. He has averaged at least 25.0 ppg in each of his past 16 seasons played. LeBron James (20) is the only other player with more than 12 seasons averaging 25-plus.
Over the past five seasons, Durant ranked fifth in the league in scoring (27.5 ppg) and sixth in 3-point percentage (.415) among players while averaged at least 2.0 3-pointers made. In 2024-25, he was one of six players who averaged at least 26.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists.
Durant averaged at least 25.0 points while shooting 50.0% or better from the floor and 40.0% from 3-point range in each of the past three seasons and seven times in his career. No other player in league history has more than three seasons accomplishing that feat.”
Durant gets an option for the 2027-28 season
The 37-year-old combo forward was eligible for a maximum extension at $120 million but intended to sacrifice money and help his new side to remain flexible within salary cap restrictions since being traded to the Texas franchise in July. Beyond the next two years being fully guaranteed, the new contract extension includes a player option for the 2027-28 season, as noted by Charania.
With the 2025-26 Regular Season set to start on Wednesday, the first game on the schedule sends the team coached by Ime Udoka against defending champions Oklahoma City Thunder in Paycom Center on Tuesday.
Before joining forces with Turkish star Alperen Sengun at the Rockets, KD played 1,293 NBA games, spread between the Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, and Oklahoma City Thunder / Seattle SuperSonics. With the Warriors, he won two NBA championships in 2017 and 2018 as the Most Valuable Player of the Finals on both occasions. Back in the 2013-14 campaign, he was named season MVP.
Representing the United States in FIBA tournaments, Durant picked up Olympic gold medals in 2012, 2016, 2021, and 2024. The first male with four golds is looking to claim his fifth in Los Angeles in 2028.