Shams Charania: The Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets are 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant’s preferred trade destinations out of Phoenix, sources tell ESPN. Those across the NBA have been made aware in recent days that those are the three teams that Durant would commit to long-term.Source: x.com What’s the buzz on Twitter? Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie KD leak … [Read more...] about Heat, Spurs, Rockets are Kevin Durant’s preferred teams
Ian Begley: One thing worth noting on potential Kevin Durant trades: there are important Suns voices who want to add a starting-caliber C this offseason. There are several pathways to do this but KD trade obviously gives PHX the clearest path to one. As many others have said, MIN is among teams with current interest in Durant. Nothing has changed for me with the Knicks and … [Read more...] about
Jon Krawczynski: I know there has been a ton of chatter about the Wolves and KD. I believe, like in February, there is interest. There have been some discussions about deals. But as far as I know, nothing is close. Things can always change quickly, but that’s where I’m at right now. … [Read more...] about
Marc Stein: What you’re hearing now on Kevin Durant, there are teams out there that are saying, you know what, we know he’s only under contract for one more year at about 55 million. We’re willing to gamble on him. And the Toronto Raptors are one of those teams. And the Toronto Raptors have already done this. They’ve already gambled on a Hall-of-Fame-bound forward who had one … [Read more...] about
One additional team to monitor, sources said, is the Clippers, who have the contracts to make another move to augment the roster around Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, presuming the latter either opts into his contract or signs a new deal this offseason. Multiple league sources said they were skeptical the price for Durant in a trade would get to a place where Phoenix would be … [Read more...] about