Will a favorite team make an offer to convince the Nets?
The Grizzlies are reportedly on the hunt for Kevin Durant, reports The Athletic. Durant reportedly asked the Nets for a trade early this off-season, telling them to fire the head coach and general manager if they can’t reach a deal.
Durant is one of the top talents in the NBA right now. He returned from a major Achilles tendon injury last season, averaging 29.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists last season. He played only 55 games, but in response to commander Steve Nash’s unreasonable use of “Durant when in trouble”, he pulled the Nets who had constant trouble inside and impressed the complete recovery. rice field.
Several clubs have reportedly submitted offers in response to Durant’s trade request, but negotiations have yet to be finalized. The Grizzlies have moved this time around, but while they’re ready to put up to five first-round picks, Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bain are also out of the trade.
The Nets are asking for an All-Star level player to sell Durant first, but the Grizzlies don’t meet that requirement, and talks seem as unlikely as any of the other potential negotiators.
This trend will not change. Championship favorites like the Suns, Heat and Celtics don’t want to risk undermining the foundations of the teams they have. The Grizzlies, who have promising talent but are not yet at the level of competing for the championship, will not give up the only All-Star, let alone Morant, Jackson Jr. and Bain. The Grizzlies, who decided to advance to the playoffs for the first time in four years last season and made it through the first round last season, are expected to improve even with their current roster. Even with the chance to get Durant, it’s not a “at any cost” attitude.
When Durant left the Warriors in the offseason of 2019, he was ruled out the following season with a torn Achilles tendon, but the Nets still decided to acquire him. He was 30 then and 33 now, but the lack of fitness concerns should be an advantage now. Still, trade negotiations are slow to progress.
At the end of the day, a team with talent like Durant has to have a “whatever it takes” attitude, and that’s what the favorites, and even the Grizzlies, are one step away from. No. In the case of LeBron James, whether he returned to the Cavs or moved to the Lakers, the state of the team when it came into being was multi-years away from the playoffs. Durant’s move to the Warriors in 2016 was the exception of the exception, and he’s unlikely to do well with a second shot. I have to say that Durant’s perception is sweet here.
The Nets have no reason to compromise in trade talks, and things are looking as unlikely as they have been this past month. Training camp is set to begin in late September, and Durant might stay out of the team if a trade isn’t finalized. Even if that doesn’t happen, it’s doubtful Kyrie Irving will show up on launch day, and the chaos in the Nets is unlikely to subside.
