"We are given an opportunity" - Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green react to their arrival at the Suns

Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks will start the 2025/26 season eager to demonstrate their worth as a result of the trade that brought them to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Kevin Durant, writes Duane Rankin from the Arizona Republic.

"I love the trade. It gives Jalen and me an opportunity," said Brooks in response to Green, who inquired about the deal, leading Green to chime in, "Motivation."

Brooks added that he felt his arrival in Phoenix had been brewing for a long time: he thought he had been traded to the Suns in his second season, a deal where the Grizzlies mistakenly believed they were trading MarShon Brooks. "I look forward to connecting with the fans, bringing that toughness, that urgency, and being ready for the journey," said Brooks.

Green was honest about how he took the trade from the Rockets, who selected him at number 2 in the 2021 draft. "It hurts. Houston is my home, and it always will be," he said. "That's where I started my NBA career and built a lot... obviously, it was sad to leave, but that's how this business goes."

The Connection with Devin Booker

He also expressed optimism about the upcoming season and specifically how he could fit in with Devin Booker, who has just renewed his contract. "We are two people who will be able to handle double teams and play off each other," said Green. "We are two people who know how to draw the defense, and everyone will surround us. So when we do that, you'll have to choose who you want to score tonight. And he and I, we will be a deadly duo on offense."

Meanwhile, Shams Charania from ESPN reports that Booker has already been working hard to prepare for the upcoming season. "I've been told he has been training with the Suns players, the young Suns players, for the last week, the last two weeks," Charania said. "So he has fully immersed himself in this team, with Jalen Green, with Dillon Brooks... I think there will be a better atmosphere, that's what they are hoping for, around this team."

That's an opinion Green shared, despite knowing that external expectations for the Suns have lowered after a couple of disappointing seasons and Durant's departure. "In the situation we are in, we are going to surprise a lot of people and make a lot of noise," Green said.

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