It appears to be a single conclusion Kevin Durant He will not play for Phenix Suns Next season, with a recent report indicating that the two sides were Discussion of trade scenarios For 11 times every-The American Professional League Honoring.
Last season, the average rotation reached 26.6 points for each game, while shooting 52.7/43.0/83.9 in 62 games in the normal season; He missed time due to ankle and calf injuries, respectively. Durant, who will be 37 years old at the beginning of next season, enters the final season of a four -year deal worth 194.2 million dollars, with a probably extension in the trade equation.
If you face trade, this is the fifth concession that Durant plays. Even with Durant on the back of his career in the Hall of Fame, one of the most electric scorers and the best archers in the American Professional League is still. On a minimum, he can be a companion in a team ready to compete for the championship.
Here are the three best commercial destinations for Durant.
Thunder washed away in the first round of the qualifiers. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Emayiz)
It is difficult to get to know the place where Grizzlies sees themselves, but after shooting the lead coach Taylor Jenkins in March and sliding 48 wins, they are closer to competition than detonating their list. What about a confirmation of Dortert?
Ja Morant Is electricity and one of the most difficult players who are keen on his saliva? Garren Jackson Junior He is one of the most user players in the American Professional League. Heck, Grizzlies ranked second in the American Professional League in registration in the normal season (121.7 points per game). However, their insult to move against Oklahoma City Thunder In the first round of the qualifiers, the average number of Memphis was only 100.5 points for each game in a four -game scan.
Durant will be the star star who was not Morant. Yes, Jackson is a great player, and Desmond Ban It is one of the most quality league wings. However, Durant will give Grizlies a second player who can create his own shot and score in isolation like no one. Durant and MORANT will be one of the single punches in the American Professional League in the American Professional League and give Memphis a better chance to win post -season games, as Durant is more reliable from Moran, which can postpone time at the time of the crisis.
It can be sent Memphis Desmond Banand Brandon ClarkThe first round of the year 2028 was chosen and the 48th selection was chosen in the US Professional League draft for 2025 to Phoenix for Durant. Suns get all the border stars in Bane, which suffers from a contract during the 2028-29 season and an immediate rotational player if not in Clark, among other origins. Durant can be the gravity that Grizlies needs to finally go to a Western Western conference.
The problem, however, is that this trade that you passes depend on that the sun is high in the Bane game and that their top scorer 2 can be aspect Divin Booker. If Phoenix does not carry a big opinion on Bane, it is possible that Memphis can not conduct a Durant trade without Jackson’s inclusion, which will be inverse.
Timberwolves has reached the Western Conference Finals in successive seasons. (Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Emayiz)
Timberwolves made the Western Conference Finals for a second consecutive season, thus conducting a radical trade for the second season in a row (they were traded Carl Anthony to New York Nix For the most prominent, Julius Randel and Donte DivinCenzo In 2024) it is not a must. However, Randel’s ability to participate in his contract and become a free agent holds the Minnesota season.
Anthony Edwards He is a star. All Timberwolves should do to go forward on how the players around him are suitable. Edwards and Durant will have an argument for being the best registration punch in the American Professional League. Minnesota will have the top scorer of the young star, accompanied by the top scorer of the veteran star who was previously what Edwards was.
And as much as it happened in the Minnesota season, it also lost in the Western Conference Finals in five games in each of the past two years. Against Oklahoma City, Edwards was held to less than 20 points in three games, and Randel was held for one numbers in two games; Timberwolves lost each game as their top scorer and No. 2 had to take out the above recording. Durant Minnesota gives a high -level and consistent top scorer that limits the chance of this closure again.
There are some commercial scenarios that can be revealed. One of the options is that Minnesota can register and trade Randel as a basic piece of Durant trade, where Suns stand out on Randles next to Boker. Cleaning option is to send Minnesota Rudi JubertDivinCenzo and Rob Dellingham To Phoenix for Dorty. Naz Reed Chris Vinci’s permanent start center becomes, while Sanz is getting at the first day center in Jobert, a respectable wing in Devinesenzo and a young goal in Dellingham, which is the 8th selection of the American Professional League draft 2024.
However, Suns may prefer a large number of drafts of the first round in the Durant trade, and they may push Edwards, Durant and Randel-two of these players in new deals, in that-they can be messy with Timberwolves.
The number 2 missiles were at the Western Conference this season. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
A few American Professional League teams have what they offer in more than Ructas trade, who were just ranked No. 2 at the Western Conference. Grant, lost in front of Golden State Warriors In seven games in the first round of the qualifiers. However, with this losing losing this qualifying for, Durant is exactly what the missiles need.
Gallin Green It is the Speed Devil that has grown as a goal, and Alperren Sengun It is one of the best internal offensive men offered by sports. But the missiles still do not have this scorer of negative flavor 1, which is Durant. Durant can play his strengths as a distinctive element in the distinctive IME UDOKA crime, which means that Green and Sengun are not required to play Hero Ball as well as the first players who oppose the teams that are planned.
The Rockets is the elite defensive team, offered by Amen ThompsonPolice, two -way game and Delon Brooksperseverance. It is their identity, and they achieved a huge leap from the first year to the second year under Udoka, from 41 wins to 52 wins. At the same time, the essence of Woriors got the latest leg in the best in Ructas on the basis of experience and the presence of the best scorers in the series: Stephen Carey and Jimmy Butler. Houston does not go in a deep playground until more problems are made to the offensive end. Moreover, missiles can get Durant and still have ammunition to make another trade this season or next year.
He can send Houston Delon Brooksand Gabari Smith Juniorand Red Shibardand Jock Landlin And send the Suns’ 2025 selection in the first round (selection No. 10) to Phoenix for Durant. Suns gets a pair of the first previous options in Smith and Sheppard, which is a direct start in Brooks and the choice of lottery in this year’s draft. This is a lot for missiles to give up a star with perhaps two other seasons in all stars in the tank. On the other hand, you have to give to get the progress of both Smith and Chipard, each of them is banned and/or they were unable to play in the draft holes in Houston.
The tournament window can quickly close in the American Professional League, and the one -year -old assets can decrease in the blink of an eye. The difference must strike while the iron is hot, and Dornt will be a huge attack of missiles.
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