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Phoenix Suns is still fighting to land megastar Kevin Durant, but Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks and team owner Joe Tsai aren’t in a hurry. Continue to be determined to consider all trading options To get the best deal, league sources said New York post on sunday.
Marks is reportedly withholding young All-Stars and some draft topics. In other words, Sands needs to include a third team as a trading partner.
12 all-star durants His $ 198 million contract has four years left..
ESPN’s Adrian Voinaroski reported that Nets was in “consistent contact” with Sands and the Miami Heat after Durant requested a deal on the first day of the free agency on June 30th.
Durant Phoenix and Miami are one of his most preferred destinationsHowever, you may need a suitable third or fourth trading partner to realize the transaction.
The transaction is not considered an imminent or advanced stage.
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“The two teams Kevin Durant wants to play, the Phoenix Suns and the Miami Heat, are both fairly consistently in touch,” Voinaroski told the Sports Center on Sunday.
“I think both teams may not be enough to trade with Brooklyn if they can’t get out and move some pieces individually in a three- or four-team trade,” Wojnarowski said. Added.
Superstar players have a recent history of choosing the ideal next landing point when requesting a trade.
- James Harden was traded from the Houston Rockets to Brooklyn Nets in January 2021 and from Nets to the Philadelphia 76ers this February.
- Anthony Davis was forced to leave New Orleans in July 2019 and be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Paul George was traded from Oklahoma City Thunder to the Los Angeles Clippers in the same month as Davis.
However, the net seems to have an advantage in where Durant can go next.
Wojnarowski added that since the start of the free agency, the net has been assessing what Durant can do, following some of the all-star player’s deals.
Utah Jazz Exchange Center Rudy Gobert for Minnesota Timberwolves In exchange for 5 draft topics including 5 players and 4 first rounders (2023, 2025, 2027, protected 2029) and 2026 pick swaps.
Acquired by the Atlanta Hawks Former San Antonio Spurs All-Star Guard Dejounte Murray Then center Jock Landale for four draft topics, including three first rounders (protected 2023, 2025, 2027) and a 2026 pick swap.
Net There will be no draft primary selection for the next 5 years, There was nothing in the June draft. This is due to Harden’s acquisition from Houston. When Rockets handed out Harden, Nets sent Rockets an unprotected first round pick in 2022, 2024, and 2026, and an unprotected first round pick swap in 2023, 2025, and 2027. I did.
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“I think Brooklyn is trying to run out of four or five first round picks and four pick swaps, but at least some players are all-star level,” Voinaroski said.
“Looking at who is available and how to complete those deals, they are generally complex deals and take a long time to put together, but Brooklyn is not just in the off-season, but Kevin Durant. I know Durant is on their side now. The deal has four years left. Brooklyn talks throughout the league and they say that if you want to deal with Kevin Durant, it must be a monumental deal. You will know what you know. “
Sands still has a Rookie Max deal, so he won’t win an All-Star Devin Booker in a trade offer. There is also a collective bargaining agreement rule on the roster that prevents two players from having a rookie max contract from the previous team. Nets won three All-Star Ben Simmons in Harden’s trade, and Simmons had a rookie max deal from the Philadelphia 76ers before going to Brooklyn. In addition, Booker has just agreed to the terms of a $ 224 million Supermax extension for four years on Thursday, so he’s staying in Phoenix.
Sands manages future first round draft topics that may become Durant’s trade package for the next five years.
There is widespread speculation that Nets will be able to see Phoenix’s Starting Wing and this year’s Defensive Player of the Year’s Runner Up Mikal Bridges, and perhaps other All-Star Chris Paul at Sands.Nets is reportedly not interested Limited Free Agent Center Deandre Ayton For sign-and-trade from Phoenix for CBA Bylaws, and they will be immediately capped with a luxury tax “apron”.
And it’s not just for the 23-year-old tycoon skill set.
The CBA has a rule called “base year compensation”. This reduces player spending to half the value of the new starting salary.
Eighton has terminated his four-year rookie contract, and his maximum offer starts at around $ 31 million. If he signs the biggest contract with the team he exchanged for, his salary on the Sands side will count towards half the amount he earns in the first season of his new contract.
As for aprons, teams that can earn Eightons by sign-and-trade cannot exceed the 2022-23 season luxury tax base of $ 150.26 million immediately after or after a trade.
As a result, there is a lot of speculation about 3 or 4 team deals involving potential suitors with salary cap space. The cap is $ 123.65 million next season.
This pending Durant deal could take after the summer, rather than the days that fans of Sands and other teams want.
