Kevin Durant getting $90M Rockets extension, $30M under max

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Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant has agreed to a two-year, $90 million contract extension, with a player option for 2027-28, his business partner and Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman told ESPN on Sunday.

Durant was eligible for a maximum contract extension of $120 million over two years, but he understood when he chose the Rockets as a trade destination that he would be sacrificing money on a new deal -- in this case around $30 million -- so that the two sides could partner for the long term and give the franchise team-building flexibility, Kleiman said.

The 37-year-old Durant now holds the record for the highest career earnings in NBA history at $598.2 million based on current and…