Celtics’ Stevens surprised by Crowder comments

The Los Angeles Lakers are finalizing a trade with the Washington Wizards of Kendrick Nunn and three second round picks for Rui Hachimura.

Hachimura has been on the trade block for at least one week.

Hachimura was the ninth overall pick in 2019, but the Wizards have a surplus of players at forward and would like to re-sign Kyle Kuzma.

The Lakers are trading for Hachimura expecting to re-sign him in restricted free agency this offseason.

The Houston Rockets are now considered even “less likely” to pursue a trade for Kevin Durant this offseason than what was previously thought, sources tell Marc Stein and Jake Fischer.

The Phoenix Suns will work Kevin Durant on a trade this offseason and plan to “pivot and reload” around Devin Booker.

The Rockets own a number of future draft picks originating from the Suns following their trade in June 2024 with the Brooklyn Nets. Houston won 52 games this season and enter the playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.

If the Rockets were to make a significant trade for a star, the conventional wisdom has been that they will target a player who more closely matches the age of their young core.