The Kevin Durant file continues and the phone calls no longer stop in Sean Marks’ office. While we still do not know the exact counterpart required by the GM of the Nets, new rumors have emerged in the corridors of the League.
One of the very best players in the history of the NBA, with four more years of contract, without player option or the slightest right of veto. That’s the Kevin Durant file, the most valuable asset to trade in the world. While some imagine Brooklyn playing the clock, perhaps in the hope of changing the star’s mind, insiders are racing for fresh news to try to find out the price asked by Sean Marks in the event of a deal. We are not talking regarding a simple exchange and it is likely that several teams will be called upon to send players and especially a mountain of picks. The Nets having bailed out the Rockets in draft rounds until… 2027, one might legitimately imagine that the boss of the Barclays Center would like to build up a real war chest on the KD deal. According to Brian Windhorst ofESPN, but it is not the top priority. In the Hoop Collective podcast, the insider comes back to what is (in his opinion) the most important in the expected exchange.
“I’ve been told that the Nets are prioritizing getting players back in this trade, that they want the main elements of this trade to be a star or players approaching that level, that they don’t focus not on draft picks, although I’m sure they want draft picks as well.”
We obviously remain on the big noise of corridor and we will not know anything until Sean Marks has not made his move, if he does one day. In the event that Brooklyn recovers one or more major players, this would in any case confirm that the franchise does not intend to sink into a deep reconstruction.. Since the upcoming picks are all going to Houston, losing isn’t much of an advantage, and the final moves don’t feel like Sean Marks’ goal. He extended Patty Mills and Nic Claxton, he recovered TJ Warren who was a really good player before his sores, he scratched Royce O’Neal by sacrificing yet another draft pick. It looks more like a team that is being built for a run in the Playoffs than a team that will play utilities in the soft underbelly in the East. We will end up thinking that the GM is trying to set up a group to change his star’s mind. The big question: will he succeed?
The Nets would prioritize major players over picks in a Kevin Durant deal. Rumors are not diminishing around the All-Star winger but we will take our troubles patiently, the trade will probably not happen tomorrow.
Source texte : Brian Windhorst / ESPN
