Jalen Green Rumors

His girlfriend, Draya Michele, and their 1-year-old daughter, Lyght Green, were by his side as the family spent their offseason in Los Angeles. “Well this was my first time experiencing a trade,” Michele, 40, told The Post in a wide-ranging interview on behalf of the 2025 Jeep Grand Wagoneer campaign, WAGS in Wags. “I just think, you know, as his girlfriend, my main responsibility is to support him wherever we were going. “I always make the jokes with him and tell him, ‘I don’t care what city you’re in, we could go to hell and play for the hell… and I’ll go with you, as long as I have a good SPF… it doesn’t matter where we are, if we have each other we’ll make the best of it.’ It’s really just putting families together with their dream cars and making things convenient and also luxurious.”

New York Post

The Mint Swim USA founder, who recently became an investor in Sereniby, said she and Green weren’t disappointed when they found out they were heading to the Suns after being at the center of trade rumors for weeks. They’re currently house hunting in Phoenix and enjoying the city, but “we haven’t yet decided on one,” said Michele. “Luckily [Phoenix] is an amazing city,” she said. “We were not disappointed with Phoenix at all. But I just need to be supportive of him and of the change and then just try to make things as smooth of a transition [as possible] for him, and not stressing him out with the worries of moving and all that. “He’s not gonna have to lift the finger. I’ll handle all of that so that he can just relax and play basketball. Once he gets there, he won’t have anything else to worry about. And that’s just really what I try to focus on: keeping things convenient and easy for him.”

New York Post

So how will this Booker-Green duo work? “We are two people who are going to accept the double team and be able to play off each other,” Green said. “When you look at something like that, it’s like, we’re two people who know how to score the basketball. We’re two people who know how to attract the defense.”

Arizona Republic

Whereas Jalen Green said he was unsurprised by the trade, Dillon Brooks told the Chronicle he didn’t expect “at all” to leave Houston until he started hearing his name in trade rumors about a week before the news broke. When the deal finally went down, he felt more remorse than resentment.

Houston Chronicle

How much have you talked to D (Devin Booker), and kind of prepared or taken notes heading into this thing? Jalen Green: I saw Book out here. He called me—he was outside looking for houses and stuff. From what I’ve seen so far—his vibe and everything—he's excited. He's ready. He knows what we’ve got to do and understands the situation we’re in right now. People don’t expect us to do anything. People don’t expect us to come out strong at all. So I think this situation is just like last year—Houston wasn’t expected to do anything either. And look how that turned out.

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Green, the former No. 2 pick who spent the first four seasons of his career as the cornerstone of the Rockets’ rebuild, said that he wasn’t surprised last month by Houston’s decision to trade him to Phoenix as part of a package to acquire Kevin Durant. “Yeah, I had a feeling. They’ve been trying to trade me since last year,” Green told the Chronicle. “I’m not tripping. It’s for the better of the team. I know it’s a business at the end of the day. I really can’t handle how I feel. Whatever happens, happens. At the end of the day, I still got the opportunity to play basketball.”

Houston Chronicle

Green said that he was notified of the trade first in a call from Rockets general manager Rafael Stone, and then by his agent. Stone said this week that the decision to part with Green was not an easy one, adding that Green "did everything we asked."

Houston Chronicle

Green isn’t going it alone; he is joined on the Suns by former Rockets teammate Dillon Brooks, also part of the Durant trade. And Green said he is looking forward to teaming up in the backcourt with Booker, who this week agreed to a two-year, $145 million maximum contract extension with the Suns. “I feel good. I’m excited,” Green said about playing with Booker. “I think it’s gonna be lit. I bet he’s gon’ kill. … We gon’ shock the world.”

Houston Chronicle

Duane Rankin: Jalen Green on being with Suns: "We're going to surprise a lot of people and make a lot of noise." On trade: "It hurts. Houston is home to me and forever will be home to me." On playing with Devin Booker: Me and him are going to be a deadly scoring duo." #Suns #Rockets pic.x.com/TNoTv12FAe

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The Phoenix Suns have waived guard Daeqwon Plowden from this two-way contract. The Suns acquired Plowden from the Atlanta Hawks as part of the seven-team trade that brought Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green to Phoenix.

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Adam Wexler: Official: #Rockets announced the 7-team trade to acquire Kevin Durant & Clint Capela w/ Atlanta, Brooklyn, Golden State, the LA Lakers, Minnesota & Phoenix. Details below plus comments from GM Rafael Stone & HC Ime Udoka on Durant & outgoing Jalen Green & Dillon Brooks.

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Shams Charania: Phoenix: Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming, Koby Brea, Daeqwon Plowden, 2nd. Houston: Kevin Durant, Clint Capela. Brooklyn: 2 2nds. Golden State: Alex Toohey, Jahmai Mashack. Atlanta: 2nd swap, David Roddy, cash. Lakers: Adou Thiero. Minnsota: Rocco Zikarsky, 2 2nds, cash. Terms of the first ever NBA trade involving seven teams.

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Fred Katz: League sources say the trade will send: • Kevin Durant, Clint Capela to Houston • Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Daeqwon Plowden to Phoenix • David Roddy to Atlanta All other elements of the deal are pick trades from draft night that are yet to be finalized.

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As of now, Finney-Smith is not a part of this seven-team deal. The only players who were in the NBA last season who are part of it today are Capela, Durant, Dillon Brooks, Jalen Green, Daeqwon Plowden and David Roddy, league sources say.

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