Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:21 am
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Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:24 am
Best fit for him would be Minnesota imho
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:25 am
doogie_hauser wrote:Best fit for him would be Minnesota imho
For Randle plus…?
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:28 am
LakerLegend wrote:https://www.si.com/nba/suns/news/report-phoenix-suns-aggressive-pursuit-trade-kevin-durant-houston-rockets
The good news for Phoenix that Durant is a happy-go-lucky sort who doesn't hold grudges. If they have to bring him back he will be a happy camper.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:46 am
Come on Nuggets, do something!
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:50 am
doogie_hauser wrote:Best fit for him would be Minnesota imho
Just what ant needs, another non playmaker!
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:51 am
miami for bam?
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 3:53 am
CodeBreaker wrote:Come on Nuggets, do something!
Denver badly needs a talent upgrade but the pairing of Durant and Jokic hits me as a disaster on the defensive end. And on the offensive end Durant wouldn't maximize Jokic's passing given the ambivalence he showed for Golden State's motion offense at the end of his tenure there.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:00 am
sp6r=underrated wrote:LakerLegend wrote:https://www.si.com/nba/suns/news/report-phoenix-suns-aggressive-pursuit-trade-kevin-durant-houston-rockets
The good news for Phoenix that Durant is a happy-go-lucky sort who doesn't hold grudges. If they have to bring him back he will be a happy camper.
He's not happy with losing. That's all he'd see in Phoenix. He has one more shot over the remainder of his contract to win. And to play with a playmaker who can get his own bucket and still get everyone else involved.
I'd personally like to see him go to Detroit to help them bridge these next couple of years if they can't get Naz Reid.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:00 am
sp6r=underrated wrote:CodeBreaker wrote:Come on Nuggets, do something!
Denver badly needs a talent upgrade but the pairing of Durant and Jokic hits me as a disaster on the defensive end. And on the offensive end Durant wouldn't maximize Jokic's passing given the ambivalence he showed for Golden State's motion offense at the end of his tenure there.
Nuggets biggest problem is getting bucket while Jokic is on the bench. Murray has been a failure in that regard.
AG is also not an ideal defensive pairing with Jokic with his porous rim protection. But I rather keep AG over Murray. Also don't want to sell low on MPJ.
Perhaps as part of a 3 team trade with Sacramento, involving Murray and perhaps Braun (more assets coming to Denver in this case) as well.
With Durant, Nuggets would be fine with a Derek Fisher type PG.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:00 am
djsunyc wrote:miami for bam?
Oh, we wish.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:01 am
He's near the end of the line noone should give up too much for him and any team that does will regret it
Austin Reeves + Knecht salary filler plus a first round pick and a couple of swaps seems like a more than fair deal.
Austin Reeves + Knecht salary filler plus a first round pick and a couple of swaps seems like a more than fair deal.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:03 am
doogie_hauser wrote:Best fit for him would be Minnesota imho
I think so, too.
Minnesota TWolves.
They need a scorer, play maker, vet with championship experience.
This might take them over the hump.
Same thing with Indiana Pacers, if he heads east.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:18 am
Sixers in 4 wrote:He's near the end of the line noone should give up too much for him and any team that does will regret it
Austin Reeves + Knecht salary filler plus a first round pick and a couple of swaps seems like a more than fair deal.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:21 am
If I were Durant I would want to go East. Knicks, Cleveland, Indiana and Orlando.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:23 am
akula1488 wrote:If I were Durant I would want to go East. Knicks, Cleveland, Indiana and Orlando.
I’d laugh if Durant joins another team who got bounced from the Finals, even if it isn’t as extreme this time.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:29 am
jkvonny wrote:doogie_hauser wrote:Best fit for him would be Minnesota imho
I think so, too.
Minnesota TWolves.
They need a scorer, play maker, vet with championship experience.
This might take them over the hump.
Same thing with Indiana Pacers, if he heads east.
Wolves were apparently trying to trade hard for him before the trade deadline, I think they will push hard again.
If they can convince Naz Reid to be as part of a dign and trade with the Suns, that would be a big boon for The Wolves chances.
KD still has at least 3 decent seasons left in him, perfect for the Ant/Gobert time line.
Toronto and Knicks are the East teams most keen on KD apparently.
If he wants another ring, I reckon Minnesota is his best shot imho
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:38 am
Knicks championship window is right now, so I think you have to go all-in and try get KD. Along with a new capable coaching staff, he might be the missing piece to the Knicks championship puzzle.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:52 am
SkyBill40 wrote:Sixers in 4 wrote:He's near the end of the line noone should give up too much for him and any team that does will regret it
Austin Reeves + Knecht salary filler plus a first round pick and a couple of swaps seems like a more than fair deal.
Nah, Durant is 36.
How many years do you think he realistically have left? Two? Maybe three? I think the offer is more than fair it's sort of the Harden package plus Reeves and Knecht. It shouldn't cost more than that. To me the Lakers make a ton of sense because Reeves doesn't really fit with all the ballhandlers there and Lebron timetable makes the window short anyways.
Re: Suns aggressively shopping Durant before draft
Posted: Wed Jun 4, 2025 4:55 am
djsunyc wrote:miami for bam?
Kd doesn't come close to guaranteeing a title at this stage in his career so why would Riley do this?