Suns proprietor Mat Ishbia has heard the rumors a couple of Kevin Durant commerce this summer time and he’s taken to X to deal with them.
“NBA Draft night time is the most effective. Everybody speaking concerning the drama and storylines, some are proper and a few are simply improper,” he wrote. “My flip. Phoenix loves Kevin Durant and Kevin Durant loves Phoenix, and we’re competing for a championship this 12 months as a result of we’ve the staff to do it. Gotta love draft night time! Go Suns.”
Varied NBA media personalities and insiders have shared that the Rockets try to make a play for Kevin Durant.
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith even went as far to say that, “Pay no consideration to what Phoenix is saying. They need out of Kevin Durant proper now.”
Scoop B Robinson additionally stated that in addition to Houston, “Dallas and Chicago even have some stage of curiosity in Kevin Durant, I’m listening to.”
Nonetheless, longtime insider Shams Charania stated on NBA draft day {that a} KD commerce is totally off the desk.
“I’m advised the Suns aren’t buying and selling Kevin Durant. There’s a zero p.c likelihood, I’m advised, that the Suns transfer Kevin Durant this offseason,” Charnaia reported on Stadium’s NBA Draft present. I repeat: A zero p.c likelihood. They need to see this large three of Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal wholesome and on the ground underneath (new coach) Mike Budenholzer.”
ESPN‘s Brian Windhorst echoed Shams’ sentiments.
“It’s as a result of they’re keen on tempting the Suns to attempt to commerce them Kevin Durant now. They don’t need to do that later. They need to put this on the desk to see if the Suns can be tempted by it,” Windhorst stated Wednesday on Get Up concerning the Rockets’ run at Durant. “Now, Mat Ishbia, proprietor of the Suns, has been on the market on the report saying we’re bringing this again, we need to see these three stars wholesome. Durant, to my information, has not requested for a commerce to Houston or wherever else. Booker is absolutely invested within the Suns, however this transfer is bait. It’s bait to the Suns to rethink.”
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