BREAKING NEWS: The Phoenix Suns have traded for KEVIN DURANT

[Phantum]

As I was told on here, ayton and simmons cant be on the same roster due to their rookie extensions

OK I forgot about that

 

[cornercommission2k12]

The person kicking the garbage can right now is lebron. Had a shot to get to the finals with the new additions, now the west just got tougher Dallas is going to be good, Phoenix is going to be a monster.

 

[Left.A1]

How could the Nets not demand Ayton though?

Ayton has a no trade clause …can deny any trade he wants

 

[Joe Sixpack]

OK I forgot about that

Damn me too

 

[Detroit Wave]

That crispy desert air mixed with the dryness of KD skin..the west aint got a shot

His scalp is done

 

[Gritsngravy]

Can they still trade ayton
They probably need to see what they could get for him to replace some of the depth

 

[Flex Luger]

So did Brooklyn’s front office really think KD would want to stay after they moved Kyrie?

 

[ORDER_66]

So did Brooklyn’s front office really think KD would want to stay after they moved Kyrie?

Joe Tsai doesnt seem to care... He's too busy killing uiguyrs in china...

 

[MikelArteta]

A healthy KD and Kyrie just finished getting swept in the first round LAST YEAR by the C's yet they were one piece away? Stick to the beautiful game my boy. You know not what you speak of.

that was with bum ass steve nash

 

[levitate]

Biggest trade week in NBA history.

 

[jayjon85]

Who is etc nikka that's all they got who else Dario Saric and Torry Craig

They still have Shamet and Payne but they might move Saric and Craig for better bench depth. Also Eric Gordon will get bought out

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The year before KD went to GS, the Warriors had the best regular season record. The Suns had the best regular season record last season.

KD basically hot-line, hot-song'd Bron, twice.

 

[levitate]

Had a shot to get to the finals with the new additions,

 

[SadimirPutin]

people pretending that they considered the suns as a title contender at this point in the season but now its a scary superteam

ayton is good but he surely doesnt qualify to help make a team become a "superteam"

chris paul will be 38 by the time the playoffs start

and the suns just traded away all of their wing depth... i dont see it being a CLEARLY better roster than some of these west contenders.

Generally speaking this is the age old tale of top end peak vs depth as a predictor of success

I think there are limits to both methods but I defer to top end talent because they swing the pendulum much further.

But the caveat to that is that your role players have to show up over 7 game series....4 of them to be precise

And your coach cant be a fool

When you go top heavy all other people must have a base level of competence

 

[Left.A1]

The only caveat with this trade on the phoenix side is that you just committed all in on a relatively old core 3 and those guys haven’t been the standard of health over the past few seasons as well ..that’s really the only way this thing blows up is if KDs body starts to break down faster than anticipated as he’s missed a lot of games recently ..same with Paul and Booker to a degree