Ted Cruz praises Rockets after reported trade for Kevin Durant

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, welcomed Kevin Durant to his caller location arsenic the 15-time NBA All-Star was reportedly traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets connected Sunday.

The monolithic commercialized volition spot Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 wide prime successful the 2025 draught and 5 second-round picks spell to the Suns, ESPN reported. The commercialized volition not beryllium authoritative until July 6, erstwhile the offseason opens successful the league.

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Phoenix Suns guardant Kevin Durant gestures during the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled connected March 9, 2025 successful Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Cruz congratulated the Rockets for the woody successful a station connected X.

"Congrats to the #Rockets! Losing Brooks truly hurts—he’s ferocious connected defense—but KD is an implicit beast," Cruz wrote. "GREAT trade!"

Rumors of the Suns trading Durant swirled for weeks aft the squad missed the playoffs with a 36-46 grounds successful 1 play nether Mike Budenholzer. Phoenix believed adding Durant to a squad with Devin Booker, and aboriginal Bradley Beal, could assistance elevate them backmost to the NBA Finals.

Sen. Ted Cruz welcomed Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

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Phoenix was unable to propel itself backmost to the NBA Finals, losing successful the Western Conference semifinals during the 2022-23 season, being ousted successful the archetypal circular successful the 2023-24 play and failing to adjacent marque the postseason this year.

Durant, 36, has inactive proven to beryllium 1 of the apical scorers successful the crippled erstwhile healthy. He averaged 26.6 points per crippled and changeable 52.7% from the field. He has been an All-Star each twelvemonth helium has been disposable to play since the 2009-10 season. He missed the full 2019-20 play with an injury.

It has been a engaged offseason for the Rockets truthful far.

Phoenix Suns guardant Kevin Durant, #35, stands connected the tribunal during the archetypal fractional successful Game 4 of a first-round NBA hoops playoff bid against the Los Angeles Clippers connected Saturday, April 22, 2023 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Houston reportedly extended caput manager Ime Udoka arsenic good pursuing its second-place decorativeness successful the Western Conference.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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