Houston Rockets traded away second-year wing Cam Whitmore for two second-round picks, but was this an underwhelming return?

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.”

Suns’ Jalen Green Gets Honest About Trade From Rockets originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Since making the NBA Finals in 2021, the Phoenix Suns have watched the core of their roster deteriorate.

Jalen Green penned a heartfelt goodbye message to the Houston Rockets after his trade to the Phoenix Suns was finalized.

Hearing that stuff is pretty cool,” Reed Sheppard says of Houston making him off-limits during recent trade talks. “It gives me a lot of confidence.”

Involved in the deal: Phoenix, Houston, Atlanta, Minnesota, Golden State, Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers. It includes a total of 13 players — the headline moves include Durant going to Houston from Phoenix, the Rockets sending Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks to the Suns, and the Rockets acquiring Clint Capela from the Hawks.

Whereas Jalen Green said he was unsurprised by the trade, Dillon Brooks told the Chronicle he didn’t expect “at all” to leave Houston until he started hearing his name in trade rumors about a week

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

The Houston Rockets made the biggest move of the offseason recently when they acquired Kevin Durant. Obviously, Durant is one of the best players in the league and could provide the Rockets with exactly what they have been missing.