A change in teams, a change in numbers. The Houston Rockets announced Monday that Kevin Durant will be rocking the No. 7 next season after wearing the No. 35 during his time with the Phoenix Suns.

"Kevin Durant will wear No.7 with the Rockets," reporter Evan Sidery wrote on X. "Durant last wore No.7 with the Nets," the Forbes NBA reporter added. "#7 KD is back," one fan wrote with a fire emoji.

The social team posted a video of Durant wearing his Phoenix Suns No. 35 jersey, with it then going up in flames to reveal him wearing a Rockets No. 7 jersey. It’s our lucky day 🎰 pic.twitter ...

Durant has also been among the league's leading shoe sellers, as his KD 17 signature sneakers ranked 8th in 2024-25. The last Rockets player to crack the top-15 in jersey sales was Russell ...

In Durant's view of the situation, Suns fans wanted him gone, and Durant no longer wanted to be in a place where he wasn't welcomed. Durant said: "I just felt that, yeah, they wanted me to go.

The Suns took the first step towards a major reset following the spectacular failure of their Big Three experiment with Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. With Durant in town, Phoenix only won ...

On Sunday, the Phoenix Suns agreed to trade Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th pick in Wednesday’s NBA Draft and five second-round picks.