wemby wrote:jredsaz wrote:I think this view of Durant is completely off. KD is still an incredibly effective player. If he plays like three more games last season he makes an all NBA team. There isn’t anything that has significantly declined in his game post Achilles injury. His shot making ability and length will age well. If a young team with cap flexibility and a culture wants a super charged championship contender level jump at a discount, KD is a great option.
If you have an all NBA guy with no injury/decline/salary concerns in sight, you should keep him and make other adjustments around him. Yet, we see Durant trade proposals every day, by SUNS FANS, not other teams. I wonder why that is...
You can tell yourself whatever you want, Durant is a great player and no one is going to dispute that, but the fact is he'll by 37 by the start of next season, has a long and serious injury history, is paid a max, and is on an expiring. All of that makes his value way, way less than his peak performance would have you believe, and this is an honest, unbiased assessment, as I have said multiple times I would not trade for him for the Spurs.
Suns need to acknowledge what they paid for him is a sunk cost and move on quickly before his value goes down even more, strike a deal with the Rockets or any team that will offer you a couple of useful vets even if little to no draft capital is attached, if the perception around the league is that the Suns are not an imminent shipwreck, you might be able to recoup your own picks for far cheaper than it'd be right now as the state of your team had their value skyrocket.
Suns are basically out of assets so retooling around KD is difficult. Add Beals contract to that and they are pretty much stuck. That’s why they are looking to trade KD. I mean everything I said in my post is accurate. I clearly understand his age and contract are mitigating issues and that’s why the return proposed is this limited for a guy who puts up elite numbers
