{"id":284,"date":"2025-06-18T18:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:49:41","slug":"suns-reportedly-have-zero-interest-in-1-rockets-player-amid-trade-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/suns-reportedly-have-zero-interest-in-1-rockets-player-amid-trade-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Reportedly Have \u2018Zero Interest\u2019 In 1 Rockets Player Amid Trade Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_425332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-425332\" style=\"width: 2198px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-425332\" src=\"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/phoenix-suns-logo.jpg\" alt=\"CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 08: A detail of a Phoenix Suns jersey against the Chicago Bulls during the first half at the United Center on November 08, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.\" width=\"2198\" height=\"1466\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-425332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/houston-rockets\/\">Houston Rockets<\/a> are willing to offer the Phoenix Suns a lot in order to get Kevin Durant, but will it be enough?<\/p>\n<p>According to a new report from John Gambadoro, via Evan Sidery, the Rockets are putting up an offer that the Suns don&#8217;t want.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns reportedly have &#8220;zero interest&#8221; in Jalen Green, so if Houston wants to include him in the deal, they will need to have a third team that will take on his contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Suns have zero interest in Jalen Green for a potential Kevin Durant trade with the Rockets, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gambo987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Gambo987<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/USgGviNlc5\">https:\/\/t.co\/USgGviNlc5<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>If Houston wants to include Green in the deal, they will need to find a third team willing to take on his contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZGVR1qmItj\">pic.twitter.com\/ZGVR1qmItj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan Sidery (@esidery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esidery\/status\/1935319688642445707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Green averaged 21.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.4 assists during the 2024-25 season and played in all 82 games.<\/p>\n<p>However, his output during the Rockets&#8217; short run in the playoffs was concerning, and he put up just 13.3 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>There have been concerns about Green, how he fits in the Rockets&#8217; lineup, and what his ceiling is.<\/p>\n<p>Those concerns are probably having an impact on the Suns and making them want to sit out of any talks related to him.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can the Rockets do?<\/p>\n<p>They can either give up on the Durant trade, or they can put together a three-team trade that will get Green to a different destination.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, they can also offer to give the Suns more, but are they comfortable with that?<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets are in a tricky position because they have so many promising players on the roster, and they don&#8217;t want to part ways with too many of them.<\/p>\n<p>Durant could be a huge help to the team, but they aren&#8217;t going to cut ties with the entire future of their franchise to get him.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns are saying no to Green, but that doesn&#8217;t mean talks between them and the Rockets are over.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/suns-reportedly-have-zero-interest-in-1-rockets-player-amid-trade-talks\/\">Suns Reportedly Have &#8216;Zero Interest&#8217; In 1 Rockets Player Amid Trade Talks<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images) &nbsp; The Houston Rockets are willing to offer the Phoenix Suns a ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secureserverdot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}