BREAKING: Kevin Durant Traded to Suns, Ending Nets 'Big 3'

ORLANDO - The NBA is experiencing a massive shift just before the NBA Trade Deadline.

According to ESPN, the Phoenix Suns are acquiring Kevin Durant from the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and four first-round picks. The Suns are also expected to trade the Nets more draft capital.

After the Nets traded Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday, team officials had conversations with Durant regarding the future of the team. It appears that either the front office and/or Durant had reservations about the foreseeable future of the team and ultimately led to the deal.

Less than 48 hours after Suns governor Mat Ishbia was approved by the Board of Governors, he makes a massive splash acquiring one of the league's top players and putting Phoenix back in contention.

The Nets try to regain some of their draft capital back after dealing it all to the Houston Rockets in the trade to acquire James Harden back in January 2021.

After trying to form a 'Big 3' of sorts with Irving, Durant and Harden, the Nets' experiment to build the league's best super team has ended in failure as the team only won one playoff series together.

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