The Rockets overachieved this season, and now they could be in the market for Suns star Kevin Durant this offseason.

The Rockets, however, have been unwilling to part with 22-year-old First Team All-Defensive selection Amen Thompson in trade talks, league sources told HoopsHype. It’s believed that Houston would

Durant considered the New York Knicks a possible destination. However, the Knicks decided not to pursue a trade for him.

“Durant’s list of preferred trade destinations contains three teams,” Stein wrote. “Yet it almost had four. The Stein Line has learned that the Knicks also would have featured on that list but were ultimately omitted when New York made it clear that it has decided against pursuing a trade for the NBA’s No. 8 all-time leading scorer.”

HoopsHype Senior NBA Insider Michael Scotto reports on Kevin Durant trade talks, how the Desmond Bane trade happened and what’s next for the Grizzlies and Magic, Jonathan Kuminga suitors, notes on

Kevin Durant has narrowed his list down to three teams. The NBA superstar prefers that the Suns trade him to either the Heat, Spurs or Rockets, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Saturday night, with the 36-year-old willing to sign a contract extension with any of the three.