B/R: Phoenix Suns Need to Capitalize on Kevin Durant Interest
The Phoenix Suns and Kevin Durant would go together like peanut butter and jelly.
However, the Brooklyn Nets are insistent Durant only lands in the Valley if all other ingredients to make a sandwich are sent back their way.
And thus, we are at an impasse.
Will Durant remain in Brooklyn to begin the season? Is there a possibility of a trade further down the road?
The wacky road of trade rumors surrounding one of the league's greatest scorers continues with no end in sight. The Suns (and Miami Heat) were the top two choices for Durant at the beginning of the process, yet both have taken a back seat.
The Boston Celtics are the newest team to emerge in trade negotiations, although they might fall in line with the prior squads who felt Brooklyn was asking for too much.
Yet when it comes to obtaining Durant, regardless of his age, some believe the Suns need to capitalize on his desire to join Phoenix.
Bleacher Report's Zach Buckley produced a piece that dove into what move every NBA team needs to make in order to win a title, and when it came to the Suns, there was an obvious choice:
Phoenix Suns: Try to Win the Durant Sweepstakes. Somehow.
"Just like with the Heat, it isn't entirely clear how the Suns can win the Kevin Durant sweepstakes. But when you make the short list of preferred destinations for a generational talent, you move mountains if needed to get a deal done," said Buckley.
"Now, this all might prove impossible. Matching Deandre Ayton's max offer sheet certainly complicates things, though he may not have interested the Nets anyway. Phoenix could still build a robust offer around Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder, Cameron Johnson and draft picks, which would rock the wing rotation, but also deliver Kevin bleepin' Durant, so if that's doable, the Suns could get a deal done and figure out the rest later.
"If Durant is officially out of reach, the Suns have little to worry about. They won the Eastern (he meant Western) Conference two seasons back and followed up by pacing the entire league in victories. This is a championship-caliber roster without Durant, it would just be even harder to handle with him on board."
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