The contract extension comes shortly after Kevin Durant named the Houston Rockets as one of his top preferred trade destinations.

Wednesday’s Locked on Rockets podcast explores many of Houston’s considerations in a potential Kevin Durant trade with Phoenix.

Durant reportedly has a wishlist (the Spurs, Rockets and Heat reportedly are on it), and with his expiring contract, he has a bit of leverage to get the deal he wants. But he is 37, not 27, and the threat of him passing on a lucrative two-year extension doesn't hold quite the same weight it once would.