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 perfect. Everybody speaking concerning the drama and storylines, some are proper and a few are simply unsuitable,” he wrote. “My flip. Phoenix loves Kevin Durant and Kevin Durant loves Phoenix, and we’re competing for a championship this yr as a result of we now have the group to do it. Gotta love draft night time! Go Suns.”
Numerous 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 mentioned that moreover Houston, “Dallas and Chicago even have some degree of curiosity in Kevin Durant, I’m listening to.”
Nonetheless, longtime insider Shams Charania mentioned on NBA draft day {that a} KD commerce is totally off the desk.
“I’m informed the Suns are usually not buying and selling Kevin Durant. There’s a zero % likelihood, I’m informed, that the Suns transfer Kevin Durant this offseason,” Charnaia reported on Stadium’s NBA Draft present. I repeat: A zero % likelihood. They wish to see this massive three of Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal wholesome and on the ground below (new coach) Mike Budenholzer.”
ESPN‘s Brian Windhorst echoed Shams’ sentiments.
“It’s as a result of they’re concerned about tempting the Suns to attempt to commerce them Kevin Durant now. They don’t wish to do that later. They wish to put this on the desk to see if the Suns could be tempted by it,” Windhorst mentioned Wednesday on Get Up concerning the Rockets’ run at Durant. “Now, Mat Ishbia, proprietor of the Suns, has been on the market on the document saying we’re bringing this again, we wish to see these three stars wholesome. Durant, to my information, has not requested for a commerce to Houston or anyplace 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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