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Ime, DJ and Royal: Why Rockets are built for Kevin Durant to succeed

Kevin Durant remains nearly unmatched as a scorer and offensive talent as he enters his age-37 season in 2025-26. The more pressing question for the Houston Rockets after Sunday's blockbuster trade: whether Durant will (finally) be happy with a fourth team in the last eight seasons. Those in Houston believe Durant's next chapter could be his most rewarding yet.

"This is a great situation [for Durant]," D.J. Augustin, Durant's college teammate at Texas and now a scout for the Rockets, told Chron on Monday. "It's always good to be around familiar faces and people you know and can call your brother.