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Kevin Durant trade: How Rockets’ acquisition impacted odds on DraftKings Sportsbook

Kevin Durant trade: How Rockets’ acquisition impacted odds on DraftKings Sportsbook

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By: Zach Thompson

The Rockets shook the NBA world on Sunday afternoon before Game 7 of the NBA Finals. They acquired 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the No. 10 pick in the NBA Draft, and a handful of second-round picks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

The trade will obviously have a huge impact on both teams in the 2025-26 season and huge ramifications for the rest of the Association as well. In this post, we’ll take a look at how the odds shifted for the Rockets on DraftKings Sportsbook.

You can find the current odds for next season in the NBA Team Futures market.

Rockets updated 2025-26 odds

In the 2024-25 season, the Rockets earned the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, going 52-30, but they lost a seven-game series to the Warriors in the first round of the NBA Playoffs with Jalen Green struggling badly in the postseason.

Before the trade went down, they were +350 to make the Western Conference Finals, +750 to win the conference and +1200 to win the NBA Championship. After the trade, they moved to +190 to make the Conference Finals, +400 to win the Conference and +750 to win the NBA Finals.

To put it another way, here’s how each line moved because of the trade:

  • Finals winner: +1200 to +750
  • Western Conference winner: +750 to +400
  • To make WCF: +350 to +190

Currently, they have the second-shortest odds in each of those three markets behind only the Thunder.

Zach Thompson
Zach has been part of the DraftKings team since 2017 and covers baseball, basketball, golf, football and any other sport that offers DFS fun. He has been playing fantasy sports since box scores were only available in the newspaper the following day. Even though he grew up almost 8,000 miles away in Guam, he is a diehard Boston sports fan but will take a fantasy value play wherever he can get it, even if it’s from the Yankees.
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