Kevin Durant tried to raise the shock to hear his name in commercial rumors before the deadline.
“It’s just part of the company,” said journalists on Monday, Via the Associated Press. “Everyone has bought and sold in this league. Everyone can be at auction, so I understand that …
“I always had the goal of just playing my contract and seeing what’s going on. I can’t focus on a year and a half on the line. I know it will be a subject.”
Oh, it will be a subject.
During is probably the biggest name and the best player available via trade this summer, and around the league, people expect him and suns will find a way to separate from this season, something Brian Windhorst Spoken of on espn (Tip Real GM hat). This is actually that, the Suns are a very expensive team of 26-27 at the moment – a team that would even miss the game if the playoffs were starting today – and head for summer as second team luxury tax deck for next season.
“He will probably be exchanged this summer,” said Brian Windhorst on Get Up on Wednesday. “He knows it. The Suns know it. The rest of the league knows it. They will appreciate it while they have it. It is not really controversial in all honesty. They are in less than 0.500. They Have $ 230 million Payroll, then add more than $ 100 million to the tax in addition to that …
“I would expect that during and the Suns this summer work together to find a new house.”
Because during the last year of his contract would be headed for his contract and whoever is negotiated to him would like to extend him, during a lever effect as to the place where he could be exchanged. That said, it looks more like a friendly separation than a trade from bitterness.
The SUNS challenge is that due to wage compensation rules, exchanging during the time means taking almost as much salary from another team. Thus, the Suns do not save much money against the tax and will probably worse (which they will come back for during will not be better, but perhaps younger). The Suns could play better next season with KD, then let him walk as a free agent in 2026, restillating the list around Devin Booker at that time.
Whatever the result, expect Kevin during this off-season.
