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NBA Insider Shares Unexpected Reason Behind Agreed Upon Seven-Team Kevin Durant Trade

Suns forward Durant looks up after a play against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images

Kevin Durant's tenure in Phoenix ended two weeks ago when he was dealt to the Houston Rockets on the day of Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The deal has yet to become final until the league's new year began, which happened Sunday at 12:01 p.m. ET.

Since the Durant trade was agreed upon in principle, reports surfaced that the trade would expand to involve as many as five other teams, which would turn it into one of the biggest trades in NBA history. On Sunday, The Athletic's Fred Katz reported the record-setting seven-team trade was agreed to and it would consolidate a bunch of previously agreed upon deals into one trade.

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