While there’s no indication to this point that the Rockets have shown interest in trading either player, they’ve received inquiries this offseason on forward Kevin Durant and center Alperen Sengun, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.

As Siegel outlines, the Pistons and Celtics had interest in engaging with the Rockets on a three-team scenario that would’ve sent Durant to Detroit, Sengun to Boston, and Brown to Houston, but the Rockets weren’t interested in the concept and it didn’t go anywhere. Houston never actively pursued Brown, Siegel writes, echoing other reports, and he says Detroit didn’t make any headway in direct talks with the Rockets about Durant.

The Pistons also had interest in pursuing both Austin Reaves and Coby White in free agency, per Siegel, but didn’t get the chance to make a pitch to either player, as they both agreed to re-sign with their current teams (the Lakers and Hornets, respectively) well before June 30.

Detroit maintains interest in Durant, and Siegel suggests that interest might be mutual, noting that the veteran forward would be intrigued by playing alongside Cade Cunningham. However, even though Durant isn’t considered “untouchable” in Houston, it’s unclear whether the Rockets will seriously explore a trade before the 2026/27 season tips off.

Here’s more from Siegel:

• When the Hornets inquired on Brown, they were prepared to discuss a package that would’ve included Naz Reid, Miles Bridges, and some form of draft compensation, sources tell Siegel, but the Celtics sought Brandon Miller and/or more draft capital than Charlotte was willing to offer. Michael Scotto of HoopsHype previously reported that Charlotte put Reid and Bridges on the table in talks for Brown before agreeing to send Bridges to Phoenix. Brown, who was being kept apprised of which teams Boston was talking to, expressed that he wouldn’t want to be dealt to Charlotte, Siegel reports.
• The Nuggets also looked into a potential Brown deal, but they had very few draft assets to offer and their preliminary conversations involved Cameron Johnson and Aaron Gordon rather than Jamal Murray, so the Celtics looked elsewhere, Siegel writes.
• Restricted free agent center Jalen Duren and his representatives view him as a maximum-salary player, whereas the Pistons prefer not to exceed an average annual value of about $35MM on a long-term contract for the big man, says Siegel. Because Duren made an All-NBA team, Detroit could technically pay him up to five years and $287MM ($57.4MM annually), whereas a max offer from a rival team would come in at $177.3MM over four seasons ($44.3MM per year). No team has the cap room necessary to put that sort of offer on the table at this point though, hurting Duren’s leverage.