JB7 wrote:Dalek wrote:ontnut wrote:He's not the #1 option in PHX and he's complaining. Though to be fair, being a #2 to a legit MVP candidate is probably more tolerable than being #2 to Booker. They're also a much more balanced team.
While in theory I think it would work, I don't think Presti wants anything to do with KD at this point in his career. Their young core seems to work very well together and throwing in a potentially disgruntled KD, and shipping out multiple parts of their core might screw everything up .
I hate that idea. OKC is a number one seed the way they are and don't really need to take a big swing with an old player. If we have learned anything about these playoffs, the veteran guys (other than Bron) wear down by the playoffs.
It is about trying to maximize the window of opportunity for them to win before their core 3 eat up all the salary cap flex.
OKC just doesn't have the contracts to make it work.
Dort 16.5, Giddey 8.3, Kenrich 6.6, Cason 5.5, Dieng 5 mil. That's still only about $42mil in contracts. Durant alone is $51m. They'd have to sign and trade Hayward (min 3 years) to make up the difference, but assuming they don't trade ALL 5 of those guys named, the contract they'd need to sign Hayward to would be deemed a bad contract (he's worth around $15-16m.) I'm also assuming they'd be hesitant to trade Dort since he's their primary guard/wing defender. They obviously have the picks to get it done...(holy sh*t OKC has 35 picks between now and 2030...holy moly, that's an average of 5 a year lol, meanwhile PHX has 2. TWO PICKS in 5 years). And no, OKC has zero Trade exceptions.
The trade would be:
Giddey, K Williams, Wallace, Dieng, and a S&T Hayward at $75m/3y, plus 3 1st rounders of various quality for Durant.
If the trade was just the 4 players and picks, it might be a fair deal seeing as Giddy, Wallace and Dieng are all lottery picks, it's the equivalent of 6 1st rounders going out for Durant. But that Hayward deal that they would NEED to include, is UGLY. That's probably worth at least another 1st to take on, if not 2. Would OKC give up 3-5 1st rounders plus Giddey, K Williams, Wallace, Dieng? Is that even worth it?
The other option would be to include Dort and a S&T Hayward at fair value $45m/3y, and keep one of Kenrich/Cason/Dieng.
PHX traded Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, 4 first-round draft picks and a 2028 first-round pick swap to get Durant, that's about 6.5 1st rounders worth of value.
I'm not sure how either team values the various OKC assets, but it does seem like a complete gut of their depth.