The Suns have acquired Brooks and Jalen Green in a blockbuster trade with the Rockets involving Kevin Durant, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
Brooks is coming off another solid season with the Rockets, and he's played a key role in Houston's recent resurgence. The defensive-minded forward will now start fresh in Phoenix, playing alongside Green, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal. In 75 games with Houston during the 2024-25 campaign, Brooks averaged 14.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, shooting 42.9 percent from the field and a career-high 39.7 percent from beyond the arc.
Brooks notched eight points (3-9 FG, 0-3 3Pt, 2-2 FT), two rebounds, one assist and one steal across 36 minutes during Sunday's 103-89 loss to the Warriors in Game 7 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
After a strong 24-point performance in Game 5, Brooks couldn't figure out how to get back on track offensively in the final two games of the series, failing to crack double-digits. The Oregon product ended his season, averaging 12.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in the first round, shooting 44.4 percent from the field and 34.5 percent from deep.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Struggles in win
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Brooks accumulated three points (1-5 FG, 0-3 3Pt, 1-2 FT), one rebound, two assists and one steal over 19 minutes during Friday's 115-107 win over the Warriors in Game 6 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Brooks couldn't get it going offensively in Game 6, as the veteran forward was a non-factor in a must-win game on the road. He finished with the lowest point total (three) of any player why suited up on the Rockets besides Aaron Holiday, who had the same point production in six minutes off the bench. However, Fred VanVleet and Alperen Sengun helped pick up the slack in the scoring department, combining for 50 points.
Brooks recorded 24 points (7-13 FG, 2-7 3Pt, 8-8 FT), one rebound and two assists in 29 minutes during Wednesday's 131-116 victory over the Warriors in Game 5 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Despite struggling with his outside shot, Brooks' 24 points represented his highest scoring output of the series so far. This was largely due to Brooks' eight free-throw attempts being as many as he had attempted in the previous three games total. Brooks is averaging 15.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 30.4 minutes across the first five games of the Rockets' first-round playoff matchup with the Warriors.
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