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Who would want him? What is your teams best offer?

OKC would make sense as they are trying to win now. Problem is the money without sending Joe, Dort, Wiggins and Jalen Williams. I can see OKC saying that's too much especially with how good Williams has been. Realistic I see Houston and Dallas making the strongest pushes for him in the West. I would love to see Denver but they don't have the best pieces to move for Durant. Like MPJ and Gordon are good but The Suns don't want either back

zimpy27 wrote:Who would want him? What is your teams best offer?

This feels like Mavericks, Nuggets, Warriors, Rockets, Lakers, Grizzlies or Thunder, but most likely wouldn't happen until the off-season.

If he’s ok coming back to the Bay I’d give it another try. Probably wouldn’t be the best offer but Wiggins + filler + Kuminga + 1st could get us in the conversation

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Houston makes the most sense assuming they keep their coveted young players.

Memphis has been rumored around a bunch of forwards from DFS and Cam to Butler. Might as well go really big and get KD and go toe to toe with OKC. It's a volume based package though.

I mean you've got to talk to Booker first.

As a laker fan I'm staying away from Butler, Beal, but would be ok with KD

Garland and Strus for Durant

jbk1234 wrote:I mean you've got to talk to Booker first.

Booker is younger and locked in. I think you have o do best by him.

I do think Butler is the archetype that Bud covets, the guy that's dragged his team on deep playoff runs and is able to be the primary facilitator. Butler with Booker and then a 5-out offense with defenders at most positions seems like a Budenholzer dream team to me.

I do wonder if you could move Bel and Durant out to make way for a Booker+Butler pairing with a stretch C.

zimpy27 wrote:

jbk1234 wrote:I mean you've got to talk to Booker first.

Booker is younger and locked in. I think you have o do best by him.

I do think Butler is the archetype that Bud covets, the guy that's dragged his team on deep playoff runs and is able to be the primary facilitator. Butler with Booker and then a 5-out offense with defenders at most positions seems like a Budenholzer dream team to me.

I do wonder if you could move Bel and Durant out to make way for a Booker+Butler pairing with a stretch C.

Well the Nets thought they could trade Kyrie without talking to Durant first and that's why Durant is on the Suns.

zimpy27 wrote:

jbk1234 wrote:I mean you've got to talk to Booker first.

Booker is younger and locked in. I think you have o do best by him.

I do think Butler is the archetype that Bud covets, the guy that's dragged his team on deep playoff runs and is able to be the primary facilitator. Butler with Booker and then a 5-out offense with defenders at most positions seems like a Budenholzer dream team to me.

I do wonder if you could move Bel and Durant out to make way for a Booker+Butler pairing with a stretch C.

Booker and Butler aren't on the same timeline. There's like a 10 yr age gap or close to it. Nah, we need to move Booker and max out on assets. I'd do that, then surround Beal and KD with young guys and go from there.

Can likely get a haul from Houston for him. I mean, they got our picks for a reason....

Interesting to see what price he would fetch.

I have no interest in giving up a gold mine for 36 year old Durant who hasn’t played defense since the injury.

If Durant could be had for a 1st or two and expiring I could see multiple teams wanting him.

gswhoops wrote:If he’s ok coming back to the Bay I’d give it another try. Probably wouldn’t be the best offer but Wiggins + filler + Kuminga + 1st could get us in the conversation

Might need to have Draymond in there, as I'm not sure KD would like to deal with Dray's overbearing presence once more.

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zimpy27 wrote:

jbk1234 wrote:I mean you've got to talk to Booker first.

Booker is younger and locked in. I think you have o do best by him.

I do think Butler is the archetype that Bud covets, the guy that's dragged his team on deep playoff runs and is able to be the primary facilitator. Butler with Booker and then a 5-out offense with defenders at most positions seems like a Budenholzer dream team to me.

I do wonder if you could move Bel and Durant out to make way for a Booker+Butler pairing with a stretch C.

Booker and Butler aren't on the same timeline. There's like a 10 yr age gap or close to it. Nah, we need to move Booker and max out on assets. I'd do that, then surround Beal and KD with young guys and go from there.

Can likely get a haul from Houston for him. I mean, they got our picks for a reason....

What is the Booker and Durant timeline? Age gap?

Pretty sure Durant is a year older than Butler, so this reasoning doesn't really fly for me.

The problem is that trading Durant (especially with no All-Star caliber frontcourt player coming back) means that the Suns threw the towel which without their 1st rounders would be even more suicidical.

Would Hou do Brooks/Sheppard/JGreen and the Suns' picks back. Maybe Whitmore too?

Suns trade Booker in the summer (or now, if someone offers enough) and start over with their upcoming picks back

Based on these deals it sounds like he wouldn't fetch all that much anymore.


Wiggins + filler + Kuminga + 1st
Garland + Strus

I'd be shocked if CLE traded Garlad for Durant, Allen and LeVert make more sense.

hcsilla wrote:The problem is that trading Durant (especially with no All-Star caliber frontcourt player coming back) means that the Suns threw the towel which without their 1st rounders would be even more suicidical.

I think you gotta treat those picks as a sunk cost at this point. If you can get them back in a Booker/KD trade, great, but don't let them dictate your strategy going forward.