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NBA Rumors: Derrick Favors Traded to Rockets in Multiplayer Deal with Thunder

Bleacher Report | September 30, 2022

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The Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets have agreed to an eight-player trade that notably includes 12-year NBA veteran forward Derrick Favors.

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski provided the details.

Adrian Wojnarowski

ESPN Sources: The Oklahoma City Thunder are trading Derrick Favors, Ty Jerome, Moe Harkless, Theo Maledon and a 2025 second-round pick via Atlanta to the Houston Rockets for David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke and Marquese Chriss.

Wojnarowski also added some context regarding why the deal went down.

"Cap-centric deal for both teams: Thunder gain two trade exceptions and drop about $10M under luxury tax," Wojnarowski wrote.

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