Blazers’ Jusuf Nurkic Mocks Suns’ Kevin Durant For His New “Superteam”
On Sunday, it was announced that the Phoenix Suns have signed Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, who would team up with All-Star Kevin Durant. The balance of Beal’s five-year, $251 million supermax deal will be assumed by the Suns in exchange for a few noteworthy items that will be delivered back to the Wizards.
Blazers’ Jusuf Nurkic Mocks Suns’ Kevin Durant For His New “Superteam”
When it was revealed that the Wizards were dealing their star shooting guard Bradley Beal to the Suns to create the NBA’s newest superteam, Twitter erupted on Sunday afternoon.
Jusuf Nurkic, a center for the Portland Trail Blazers, tweeted a criticism of Kevin Durant in response to the shocking deal. With a laughing face emoji, Nurkic commented, “Brooklyn situation all over again.”
Brooklyn situation all over again 😂
— Jusuf Nurkić 🇧🇦 (@bosnianbeast27) June 18, 2023
Jusuf Nurkic weighs in on the Suns' new Big 3 of Bradley Beal, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant.
Do you agree with Nurk? 😅 pic.twitter.com/Dr5XUPf1Op
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 19, 2023
Nurkic is alluding to Durant’s infamous superteam attempt with the Brooklyn Nets, which featured Kyrie Irving and James Harden and was a complete failure.
Due to injuries and Irving’s off-court problems, the Nets three only played 16 games together.
ESPN Sources: In addition to Bradley Beal and Jordan Goodwin, the Wizards are including F Isaiah Todd in trade with the Suns. Todd – the 31st pick in 2021 – has mostly played with Wizards' G-League affiliate the past two seasons. His $1.8M contract is guaranteed for 2023-2024.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 19, 2023
Only one playoff series was won by Durant, Irving, and Harden together, and all three were eventually traded away within a two-year period.
The Suns Big 3's salary for 2023-24…
Bradley Beal: $46,741,590
Devin Booker: $36,016,200
Kevin Durant: $46,407,433
𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗔𝗟: $𝟭𝟮𝟵,𝟭𝟲𝟱,𝟮𝟮𝟯Meanwhile, these teams' total cap for next season thus far…
Rockets: $86,037,775
Thunder: $105,700,595
Pacers: $121,197,156 pic.twitter.com/Qe6TQXviio— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) June 19, 2023
On paper, this does definitely resemble the Phoenix predicament. To complete their squad, they are teaming Durant with two incredibly expensive, ball-dominant guards, Beal and Devin Booker, who have pitifully little depth.
BREAKING: The Washington Wizards are finalizing a trade to send All-Star G Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN. Beal’s waiving his no-trade to form a new Big 3 with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. Teams are still working thru framework, but Beal is headed to Suns. pic.twitter.com/0lQrSh370q
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 18, 2023
The former league MVP spent three seasons with the Golden State Warriors, playing with superstars Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green, before moving to Brooklyn in 2019.
Together, the team won two NBA titles in 2017 and 2018.
“I’m told Devin Booker and Kevin Durant recruited Bradley Beal”
Can only imagine the talks that they had. Phoenix is a premier landing spot 🤝 pic.twitter.com/mQk7LOZfLb
— Suns Lead (@SunsLead) June 19, 2023
Durant and the Suns missed the opportunity to win an NBA title this season after a second-round playoff ouster to the now-champion Nuggets.
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