How Durant trade changes fantasy basketball, NBA betting landscape - ESPN

After weeks of speculation, the Phoenix Suns will send forward Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets in a trade that will see Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and draft capital heading back to Phoenix.

Durant will join a Rockets squad that finished as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference but fell in the first round of the playoffs.

Durant is currently ranked 22nd in the fantasy basketball rankings ahead of a soon-to-be-busy free agent period, while Green is ranked 53rd.

How has this monumental trade changed the field in fantasy basketball and NBA futures betting? We turned to ESPN analysts Andre Snellings and Eric Moody to break it down.

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Rockets: Consistent Durant, improved opportunity for young wings

The Rockets moved their two starting wings in this deal and add Durant to a starting lineup that currently projects to be Fred VanVleet, Reed Sheppard, Amen Thompson, Durant and Alperen Sengun with Jabari Smith, Tari Eason and Cam Whitmore as key reserves with starting upside. Durant's role with this team should be similar to what it was in Phoenix — a high-volume, high-efficiency scorer with solid peripheral stats.

The departed Green was the Rockets' leading scorer last season at 21.0 PPG on 17.5 FGA, while Brooks averaged another 14.0 PPG on 11.9 FGA. With the Suns last season, Durant averaged 26.6 PPG on 18.1 FGA, so in Houston he slots in to effectively get a similar number of looks as Green while finishing at a much higher efficiency.

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The two Rockets most likely to get the biggest bump in fantasy hoops value from this move are Thompson and