Kevin Durant to Houston Rockets in historic NBA trade involving 7 teams

(CNN) — An NBA trade deal involving one of the league’s biggest stars involves a remarkable seven teams. The Phoenix Suns are trading 15-time All-Star forward Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets, the team announced on Sunday. The deal involves six players and 13 draft picks, and according to the NBA, it is the most teams involved in a single trade in league history. The Suns, Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Minnesota Timberwolves are all a part of the massive transaction. Along with Durant, Houston will receive center Clint Capela, with Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Daeqwon Plowden, the rights to the 10th overall draft pick in this year’s player draft, Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea, and a future second round pick heading to the desert. Brooklyn will receive two second round draft picks, the Lakers will get the rights to Adou Thiero, Minnesota gets back the rights to Rocco Zikarsky, two second round picks and cash, the Hawks collect David Roddy, a second round swap and cash and lastly, Golden State will get the rights to Alex Toohey and Jahmai Mashack. Rockets head coach Ime Udoka commended the two-time NBA champion Durant,...