The Phoenix Suns have yet to receive a strong enough trade offer for Kevin Durant from the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets or Miami Heat to make them move forward with a deal, sources tell The Athletic. Durant has communicated his intention to sign an extension with one of those three teams.
The Suns are hoping that Durant will warm up to the idea of playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves. ESPN reported on Monday that Durant has no interest in playing for the Wolves. When the Wolves pursued a trade for Durant at the trade deadline, they believed he had interest in joining their team. Minnesota could offer a combination of Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert and Donte DiVincenzo that would allow the Suns to remain competitive in the short-term.
“Phoenix is trying to drum up better offers,” said one rival executive.
The Rockets have made a firm offer to the Suns for Durant, but Phoenix has so far been "seriously underwhelmed by it." San Antonio has been "conservative" in pursuing Durant. Sources say that Durant specifically would prefer to play for the Spurs.
The Heat are motivated to acquire Durant in order to pair him with Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, but it not yet clear if they possess the assets to execute a trade as the Suns would likely have to be willing to take on Duncan Robinson and Andrew Wiggins.
