On the day that two teams who were patient and calculating in building their cores to the level where they would face off in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the Houston Rockets went all-in on accelerating their timeline.

On the last official day of the 2024-2025 NBA season, hours before Game 7 of the NBA Finals between Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers, the Houston Rockets completed a landscape-altering trade by acquiring superstar forward Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns.

Kevin Durant has long had a unique relationship with NBA Twitter, and that includes a handful of old tweets pertaining to Houston and the Rockets.