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

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.

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