Adding a player of Kevin Durant’s caliber was too valuable an opportunity for the Houston Rockets to pass up, even though it meant moving on from Jalen Green just four seasons after they drafted him second overall.

With the Kevin Durant trade finally being made official, Jalen Green posted a farewell message to Houston and Rockets fans on social media.

PHOENIX -- Jalen Green helped to build the Houston Rockets from the ground up since being drafted No. 2 overall in 2021, as they went from the worst team in the Western Conference his first two years in the league all the way to the No. 2 seed in the West this past season with Green as their leading scorer.

It’s for the better of the team,” Jalen Green tells the Houston Chronicle’s Danielle Lerner. “I know it’s a business at the end of the day.”

In a recent interview with the Houston Chronicle, Jalen Green opened up about his feelings surrounding his trade to Phoenix.

Shams Charania: BREAKING: The Phoenix Suns are trading two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in the 2025 draft and five second ...

There’s some positional overlap, or at least an overlap in terms of on-ball presence,” Rockets GM Rafael Stone says of Kevin Durant and Jalen Green.