For the first time, a seven-team trade took place in the NBA on Sunday, as a series of transactions going back to the Kevin Durant trade before the draft wound up being involved in one giant, complex transaction.

Even though it's been two weeks since the Phoenix Suns traded star forward Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets, the official terms of the deal were slow to be released. That's because there was more work to be done. In fact, The Athletic reported that the trade would be historic -- becoming the first trade in NBA history to feature seven teams .

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Kevin Durant Trade: All the Moves Made in NBA’s Historic Seven-Team Deal. In 2023, the Brooklyn Nets traded forward Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns as part of a four-team trade—and the future Hall of Famer could be forgiven if he thought that was the largest transaction he'd ever be a part of.