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The list of the Phoenix Suns will look very different this fall.
Only a few days before the NBA Draft of 2025, reports emerged from a trade that involved Kevin Durant. The agreement is expected to send to the twice NBA champion to Houston Rockets, Espn reported Sunday.
The Rockets had the tenth general selection in the Draft and selected Khaman Maluach of 7 feet 2 inches on Wednesday. Duke’s former prominent was subsequently sent to Phoenix as part of the players and selections package included in the Durant agreement, according to ESPN.
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Khaman Maluach arrives before the first round of the NBA Draft of 2025 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn images)
Maluach was visibly emotional moments after the NBA commissioner, Adam Silver, announced his name of the Draft stage.
Maluach grew up in Uganda after his family fled from Sudan when the nation was devastated by the conflict.
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He did not start playing basketball until he was 14 years old, when a taxi driver stopped and recognized his height.
Khaman Maluach, of Phoenix Suns, talks to the media after being recruited in the tenth place in general in the NBA Draft of 2025 at the Barclays Center on June 25, 2025, in Brooklyn, Ny Maluach, was recruited by Houston’s rocks and negotiated with the Phoenix Suns. (Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)
Maluach was a member of the National South Sudan Basketball team that pushed the US team on the edge of the Paris Olympic Games. Before landing in Durham, North Carolina, Maluach competed at the NBA Academy Africa. Now he is the best Drafted player in the Academy.
“I am here representing the entire continent,” Maluach told ESPN moments after crossing the draft stage and shaken Silver’s hand at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
“Living in Africa, I had the whole continent on my back, giving hope to young children, inspiring young children and the next generation of African basketball.”
Khaman Maluach meets the NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected tenth by Houston’s rocks in the first round of the NBA Draft of 2025 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, June 25, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn images)
Maluach averaged 8.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game during his alone in Duke. It began 39 games for the Blue Devils, which advanced to the Final Four in April.
Maluach wore a rocket hat in the draft phase because the reported transaction in which it was included has not yet become an official. Maluach wore a suns hat during a press conference after being recruited. He expressed emotion for going to Arizona.
“I am excited to put on the Phoenix shirt that my name has, which has ‘Maluach’ in the back,” he told reporters. “I am excited to play for the Suns and step on the floor.”
