{"id":638356,"date":"2025-10-21T18:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=638356"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:35:25","slug":"kevin-durant-opens-up-on-signing-90-million-extension-with-houston-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/kevin-durant-opens-up-on-signing-90-million-extension-with-houston-rockets\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was a No-Brainer\u201d- Kevin Durant Opens Up on Signing $90 Million Extension with Houston Rockets\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star forward Kevin Durant opened up on his decision to sign a two-year extension with the Houston Rockets ahead of the 2025-26 regular season opener. Durant, who was traded to the Rockets from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster seven-team trade, was eligible for an extension that could have been worth $122 million. However, the two-time <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a> champion settled for a deal which is worth $30 million less at $90 million for two years.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Extended &#129309;<br><br>OFFICIAL: The Houston Rockets today announced they have signed forward Kevin Durant to a contract extension. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SMtHOAzjT0\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/SMtHOAzjT0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonRockets\/status\/1979958971084472585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>October 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The move will enable the Rockets with plenty of flexibility for other deals going forward. Speaking on the move, the 15-time NBA All-Star said that the move was a &lsquo;no-brainer&rsquo;. <em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited,&rdquo;<\/em> Durant said after practice. <em>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what the intent was when I came here was to try to build with this group as long as possible. So, it was a no brainer to sign on that line.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"It was a no brainer\"<br>&ndash;Kevin Durant on his contract extension with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoustonRockets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@HoustonRockets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rockets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#Rockets<\/a> open the regular season tomorrow at OKC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQq7aVJGdx\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/sQq7aVJGdx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Space City Home Network (@SpaceCityHN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceCityHN\/status\/1980349990229926216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>October 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;Talking to Rafael, Ime, how they wanted to build the team and how I see myself in this organization, I just thought it was a perfect contract for us. So, I&rsquo;m glad we could get that out of the way. We won&rsquo;t have to worry about external noise throughout the season if I didn&rsquo;t have the contract signed. So just worry about basketball and focusing on the season.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Notably, the deal has a player option in the second year, and could keep Durant with the Rockets through the 2027-28 season. Despite settling for a lot less money, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/kevin-durant-surpasses-lebron-james-to-become-highest-earning-nba-player-after-signing-extension-with-rockets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Durant has already surpassed Los Angeles Lakers icon LeBron James in a unique record. <\/a>He is now the highest earning player in the league at $598.2 million, based on current and future salaries, while James has career earnings of $583.9 million.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kevin Durant Opens up on Playing Against OKC Thunder in Opening Night&nbsp;<\/h2><p>Kevin Durant opened up on playing against his former team, Oklahoma City Thunder, in the 2025-26 regular season opener. Durant, who will don Houston Rockets&rsquo; jersey this season, was a part of the Thunder for nine solid years of his career. Speaking ahead of the big night, the 37-year-old revealed his emotional state of mind.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The veteran forward admitted that he is unsure how to feel about being in this situation. He revealed that he isn&rsquo;t emotionally invested in the game people are expecting him to be. <em>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether to think that&rsquo;s cool or not,&rdquo; Durant said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not happy or sad or mad&hellip; [I left] like a decade ago.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not happy or sad or mad [that] I missed out. I won a championship &mdash; two of them, for one. And, for two, [I left] like a decade ago,&rdquo; <\/em>he added. <\/p><p>Notably, Durant began his career with the Seattle Supersonics (later OKC Thunder) after getting selected as the second overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. The four-time scoring champ played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/nba\/ask\/kevin-durant-stats-in-okc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>a total of 641 games for the Thunder<\/a>, averaging 27.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. He left Oklahoma City to join the Golden State Warriors in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Durant has surpassed LeBron James in a unique NBA record. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":638357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1330,203],"class_list":["post-638356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-houston-rockets","tag-kevin-durant"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kevin Durant Opens Up on Signing $90 Million Extension with Rockets&nbsp;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Star forward Kevin Durant opened up on his 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