The Kevin Durant trade to Houston is morphing into a blockbuster of bureaucratic proportions. What began as a simple two-team deal is now ballooning into a seven-team mega transaction, the kind that seems engineered less for basketball reasons and more to satisfy the legal gymnastics of the NBA’s front office.
At this point, it feels less like a trade and more like a case study in red tape, enough paperwork to make a lawyer abandon their briefcase and take up valet work at the Biltmore.
Once the dust settles, expected as early as today, Durant will officially be a Houston Rocket.