An hour before the Kevin Durant trade was announced, The Athletic reports that Jalen Green received word from the Rockets that he was in the deal.

So Houston loses Jalen Green, whom it promptly replaces with Reed Sheppard. It loses the No. 10 pick in this upcoming draft, but remember, it was too deep this past season for the aforementioned Sheppard, the No. 3 pick in the 2024 draft, to even be a consistent rotation player, so where were the minutes going to come from for another lottery pick?

After what proved to be Jalen Green's final game with the Rockets, the young star bluntly said he played "like straight s---." Now, he'll be playing elsewhere.