The Nets mightn’t have stopped trading yet. A rival is ‘prepared to pursue’ Kevin Durant
The Nets won’t be accomplished but.
Moments after they traded the proficient but polarising Kyrie Irving, many puzzled what would develop into of Kevin Durant.
Two days after Irving requested a commerce, he was dealt to the Mavericks for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith and draft picks, together with an unprotected 2029 first-rounder.
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With groups across the league ready to see the Nets’ subsequent transfer, Bleacher Report and TNT’s Chris Haynes reported that the Suns are “prepared to pursue” Durant ought to he be made accessible forward of Friday’s (AEDT) NBA commerce deadline.
Much of the 2022 NBA low season and its inactivity was associated to Durant’s earlier commerce request shortly earlier than the start of free company final summer time.
It, in impact, held up the league and was the bookend to an underwhelming Nets season, the place they grew to become the one group to get swept in the whole playoffs.
It was additionally the primary of Durant’s four-year, $AU281 million contract extension signed the earlier summer time.
At the time, the Suns had been on Durant’s listing of most popular locations, together with the Heat, and later, the Celtics.
Such a deal would seemingly should contain the reportedly long-unhappy DeAndre Ayton, who’s on the primary of a four-year deal and making about $AU45 million this yr, or Mikal Bridges, who can also be signed by means of 2026. Bridges and Ayton had been the centrepieces of a proposed Durant commerce bundle this previous summer time, in response to a number of experiences.
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The Suns are 29-26 and sit in fifth place within the Western Conference, having gained eight of their previous 10 after falling to 21-24.
The Nets have dropped to 32-20 and fourth within the Eastern Conference, and are awaiting the return of Durant, who suffered a sprained MCL early final month.
Unless, in fact, he’s traded.
This story initially appeared on the New York Post and was republished with permission.
