Kevin Durant Rumors: Time to Speculate the Trade Deal Involving KD and Brooklyn Nets
The first bomb has gone off with free agency set to begin in just a few hours. However, it is unrelated to free agency. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has sought a trade, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, and Sean Marks, the team’s general manager, is trying to locate a trading partner. The information was released just a few days after Kyrie Irving exercised his player option for the next year.
According to Wojnarowski, Durant has a wish list of teams, including the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns. While there are many discussions taking on across the league regarding where and which great players will be signed, one topic is undoubtedly dominating them all: where Kevin Durant will wind up.
Durant, who will be 34 this season, is still among the NBA’s finest players and continues to get better with age. Obviously, every club in the league should be considering the possibility of signing the 12-time All-Star, but in all likelihood, only a few teams are competing for the two-time NBA champion.
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Top deals involving Kevin Durant and Brooklyn Nets
- Phoenix Suns get Kevin Durant
- Brooklyn Nets get Mikal Bridges, Torrey Craig, DeAndre Ayton, and draft pick/picks
Durant is amenable to the Suns, according to reports that have been circulating for days. Mikal Bridges of the Phoenix Suns and DeAndre Ayton, a restricted free agent center, are the types of talents that may make this a win-win situation for all parties. Sources close to Ayton had mentioned the potential of an Ayton-Bridges trade being very much on their radar in the days before Irving’s decision to opt-in.
Kevin Durant has the Suns as a preferred trade destination, per @ChrisBHaynes pic.twitter.com/2MPcoqqSL4
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 30, 2022
- Atlanta Hawks get Kevin Durant
- Brooklyn Nets get John Collins, Kevin Huerter, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and draft pick/picks
Put Kevin Durant, Dejounte Murray, and Trae Young in the same starting lineup. It’s possible that Brooklyn will receive John Collins, Kevin Huerter, and Bogdan Bogdanovic as the major component in this trade. For the Nets, that seems more than just. Atlanta could take this into account, given how inexpensive Murray’s deal is.
Kevin Durant saw Trae Young and Dejounte Murray team up and wanted out of the East 😭 pic.twitter.com/utWY9cs9o8
— HawksMuse (@HawksMuse) June 30, 2022
- Miami Heat get Kevin Durant
- Brooklyn Nets get Jimmy Butler and draft pick/picks
Due to the Designated Rookie Agreement Rule, which prohibits trading for two players who have the same kind of extension, the Nets are unable to acquire Bam Adebayo. Miami calling the Nets and offering Jimmy Butler seems absurd, but how could they not give that it is Kevin Durant?
REPORT: Along with the Suns, the Miami Heat have been mentioned as one of Kevin Durant’s preferred landing spots.
(via @JakeLFischer) pic.twitter.com/UeXuL6GMD1
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 30, 2022
Butler came close to destroying the Heat this year. That memorable altercation they had on the sidelines in March, after a losing run, left Erik Spoelstra in a state of shock.
