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Can the Rockets win the championship after getting Durant? Rebuilding at the same time, the Thunder has successfully won the championship
8:19pm, 28 June 2025【Basketball】
On the same day when the Thunder won the first championship in the team history, Durant, who had a close relationship with the Thunder, was traded to the Rockets. The Rockets have thus become Durant's fifth stop in his career. He has played for the Thunder, Warriors, Nets and Suns before. As a result, the former Thunder Third Young Master also played for the Rockets one after another.
It is worth mentioning that Durant was selected by the Thunder, and he has played for the Thunder for nearly 10 years, won the MVP, and won 4 scoring champions, but he failed to win the championship. The reason why Durant left the Thunder is because he has never been able to win the championship in the Thunder. But he directly joined the Warriors who reversed the Thunder 1-3 in the Western Conference Finals, and therefore completely turned against the Thunder, becoming a traitor to the Thunder from the Thunder leader.
Now the Thunder won the first championship in team history under the leadership of Alexander, and on the same day, Durant was traded again. Although Durant immediately won two championships and FMVP after joining the Warriors, Durant's experience was very bumpy after leaving the Warriors with serious injury and failed to return to the finals, and he never even made it to the division finals. And this is due to the fact that the Nets and the Suns have successively formed the three giants.
Now Durant joins the Rockets again. The Rockets have achieved the second record in the Western Conference in the regular season this season, second only to the Thunder, and are undoubtedly a strong team. It is worth mentioning that the Rockets and the Thunder completed reconstruction almost at the same time, and both have been rebuilt successfully now. But the Thunder have won the championship, while the Rockets have been blackened by the Warriors this season.
In the summer of 2019, the Thunder traded George and Westbrook one after another and officially began to rebuild, but under the leadership of Paul, the Thunder still made it to the playoffs and even played a tiebreak battle with the Rockets in the first round. Although the Thunder officially rebuilded after the trade, with Alexander as the core, they selected rookies such as Jewish and Homgren, and finally successfully completed the reconstruction and won the championship.
The Rockets traded Westbrook and Harden in 2020, and officially entered the reconstruction period. In the past few seasons, the Rockets have successively gained potential rookies such as Jaylen Green, Shin Kyung, Jabbarry Smith, Amen Thompson, and Ethan, and have also successfully completed the reconstruction.
Now the Rockets have traded Durant again, and their strength has further increased. They should be able to compete with the Thunder next season. If the Rockets can win the championship like the Thunder, it would be very successful. After all, Harden led the Rockets to the playoffs for eight consecutive years, but failed to reach the finals and won the championship.
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