The Houston Rockets should have no regrets about trading for Kevin Durant, but if they could have kept Dillon Brooks, they would have. Famous NBA agent Rich Paul recently stated that reality.
"I can guarantee you that (if Rafael Stone) could have kept Dillon Brooks and got Kevin Durant, he would have"
- Rich Paul
That's the nature of a trade market. To get, you must give. There was no way around moving Brooks for Durant. To make the money work, the only other option would have been Fred VanVleet, who was even more important to Houston's 2024-25 success.