{"id":304927,"date":"2025-09-26T12:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/304927\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:14:12","slug":"houston-rockets-biggest-changes-for-2025-26-nba-season-including-trading-for-kevin-durant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/304927\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Rockets’ biggest changes for 2025-26 NBA season, including trading for Kevin Durant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Houston Rockets have been firing on all cylinders during the offseason.<\/p>\n

The Houston Rockets<\/a> may have been the second seed in the Western Conference<\/a> last season, but they failed to impress come playoff time.<\/p>\n

After all, the Rockets suffered a 4-3 first-round defeat at the hands of the Golden State Warriors<\/a>. As a result, it\u2019s only natural for the Rockets to make a plethora of changes to their roster.<\/p>\n

The front office has been active this summer to provide head coach Ime Udoka<\/a> with a talented roster for next season.<\/p>\n

\"KevinPhoto by Slaven Vlasic\/Getty ImagesBiggest additions to the Houston Rockets\u2019 roster<\/p>\n

The Rockets\u2019 summer was headlined by none other than the blockbuster trade to acquire Kevin Durant<\/a> from the Phoenix Suns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Durant\u2019s arrival has H-Town buzzing as young stars like Alperen Sengun are looking forward<\/a> to sharing the court with the Slim Reaper.<\/p>\n

But KD\u2019s addition is just the tip of the iceberg, as here are all the additions that the Rockets made to their roster ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season.<\/p>\n

Kevin Durant (Traded from Phoenix Suns)Clint Capela (Signed a three-year deal)Dorian Finney-Smith (Signed a four-year deal)JD Davidson (Signed a one-year deal)Josh Okogie (Signed a one-year deal)Steven Adams (Re-signed to a three-year deal)Jabari Smith Jr. (Re-signed to a five-year deal)Fred VanVleet (Re-signed to a two-year deal)Aaron Holiday (Re-signed to an undisclosed deal)Jeff Green (Re-signed to an undisclosed deal)Jae\u2019Sean Tate (Re-signed to an undisclosed deal)<\/p>\n

Now, that\u2019s one big summer for the Rockets. The organization has not only added new stars to the team, but also re-signed key veterans like Steven Adams<\/a> and Fred VanVleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Combine that with the presence of upcoming stars like Sengun and Amen Thompson<\/a>, and the Rockets are undoubtedly a top contender to win it all next season.<\/p>\n

Biggest departures from the Houston Rockets\u2019 roster\"DillonPhoto by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Considering the number of additions the Rockets have made to their roster, it\u2019s only logical that the franchise also parted ways with several players.<\/p>\n

The biggest departure was none other than Jalen Green<\/a>, who was included in the blockbuster Durant trade featuring seven NBA teams.<\/p>\n

The recent major change is Fred VanVleet tearing his ACL<\/a>, leaving the Rockets short in a key area.<\/p>\n

With that said, here are all the departures from the Rockets\u2019 roster ahead of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n

Jalen Green (Traded to Phoenix Suns)Dillon Brooks (Traded to Phoenix Suns)N\u2019Faly Dante (Traded to Atlanta Hawks<\/a>)Cam Whitmore (Traded to Washington Wizards<\/a>)Jock Landale (Waived)<\/p>\n

With so many changes, fans will see a very different Rockets starting lineup<\/a> during the 2025-26 NBA season. But will it be enough to end the team\u2019s championship drought? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Rockets have been firing on all cylinders during the offseason. The Houston Rockets may have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[6251,7,4836,984,1195,374,866,292,194,4066,2497,861,10569,6356,938,6,211,962,574],"class_list":{"0":"post-304927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-aaron-holiday","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-cam-whitmore","11":"tag-clint-capela","12":"tag-dillon-brooks","13":"tag-dorian-finney-smith","14":"tag-fred-vanvleet","15":"tag-houston","16":"tag-houston-rockets","17":"tag-houstonrockets","18":"tag-jabari-smith-jr","19":"tag-jalen-green","20":"tag-jeff-green","21":"tag-josh-okogie","22":"tag-kevin-durant","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-rockets","25":"tag-steven-adams","26":"tag-western-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115270547422866405","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}