Kevin Durant has requested a trade out of Brooklyn: He has decided to stay in Brooklyn: Storyline over

[GOAT]

Reports are out. Maybe Harden and KD had a plan all along after the vaccine fiasco. They basically trading Weirdo Kyrie for Embiid and playing in Philly.

This nikka is shameless

 

[CSquare43]

same, but the cost would be too high so i dont even give the scenario any thought

:YeeeemyBaySis:

 

[the next guy]

Guys that average 30/7/6 on elite efficiency don't grow on trees. You 100% trade that package for a generational player. Thybulle is a role player with limited offensive upside. Tobias Harris one of the worst contracts values in the league given his production. And Maxey is simply a prospect with high upside. Look at what gobert got in return.

He's 35! Come on between those guys you have enough to get past Boston. And they'll get more 3-point shooters to take pressure off Harden. It's a bad trade!

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I don’t think BKN is going to get the return they’re looking for. Doubling down isn’t working for them either. BKN is going to lose this trade no matter what.

Even then, that’s still a shytty trade for Brooklyn considering that any other team would make Philly attach picks and players just to move off of that contract.

 

[beenz]

dude ask for a trade, and then the next day, the nets cut him an 8 figure check.

wait til the next CBA

KD/Kyrie/Simmons/Kawhi are singlehandedly gonna fukk it up for the rest of the league when the owners force them to take prorated salaries when they are missing excessive games due to bullshyt like load management, mandatory vaccinations and hurt feelings.

 

[Guess Who]

Even then, that’s still a shytty trade for Brooklyn considering that any other team would make Philly attach picks and players just to move off of that contract.

Any trade will be a bad trade for BKN because they’re not in a good negotiating position. KD wants out and the entire world knows it. KD is also entering his age 34 year. Nobody is going to gut their team so badly that they don’t win in the last two years of KD’s superstardom and then be left with no picks for years when they have to rebuild after not winning a ring. That’s the framework every potential trade partner is working from. BKN has no leverage. None. They’re gonna get a few picks and a couple good players with potential but they ain’t gonna get a huge haul of picks AND an all star and a good rotation player. That’s their price and nobody is going to meet it. So it’s gonna be a bad trade for them regardless.

They put themselves in this position the moment they hired Nash and traded for Harden. Those were foolish foolish decisions. Jacque Vaughan deserved the coaching role and they gave up Jarrett Allen and a bunch of guard/ball handling/perimeter scoring depth for Harden who was out of shape last year.

Just poor management all around.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Any trade will be a bad trade for BKN because they’re not in a good negotiating position. KD wants out and the entire world knows it. KD is also entering his age 34 year. Nobody is going to gut their team so badly that they don’t win in the last two years of KD’s superstardom and then be left with no picks for years when they have to rebuild after not winning a ring. That’s the framework every potential trade partner is working from. BKN has no leverage. None. They’re gonna get a few picks and a couple good players with potential but they ain’t gonna get a huge haul of picks AND an all star and a good rotation player. That’s their price and nobody is going to meet it. So it’s gonna be a bad trade for them regardless.

They put themselves in this position the moment they hired Nash and traded for Harden. Those were foolish foolish decisions. Jacque Vaughan deserved the coaching role and they gave up Jarrett Allen and a bunch of guard/ball handling/perimeter scoring depth for Harden who was out of shape last year.

Just poor management all around.

True, but even then no one is out here trying to take on Tobias Harris remaining contract without getting picks or sweetners in return. The Boston/Toronto deals are much better for that very reason.

 

[Guess Who]

True, but even then no one is out here trying to take on Tobias Harris remaining contract without getting picks or sweetners in return. The Boston/Toronto deals are much better for that very reason.

Oh I agree. The Philly deal is a shytty deal in comparison to the others. The Boston deal is automatically the best deal because it has the best player in it. Toronto realistically isn’t moving Barnes, Siakam and probably not Vanvleet either and I doubt BKN is enamoured by OG who is a dope complimentary player but not a star and Gary Trent Jr. who is a microwave scorer who doesn’t provide much else that BKN might be enamoured by.

On the flip side, I doubt BKN wants to move KD to a division rival. So then who? Miami? New Orleans?

 

[Gritsngravy]

dude ask for a trade, and then the next day, the nets cut him an 8 figure check.

wait til the next CBA

KD/Kyrie/Simmons/Kawhi are singlehandedly gonna fukk it up for the rest of the league when the owners force them to take prorated salaries when they are missing excessive games due to bullshyt like load management, mandatory vaccinations and hurt feelings.

The Ben simmions thing sure, but kawhi was really injured, kyrie and the vaccine is a complex issue, and all kd did was ask for a trade
Maybe some language will be added but if anything is going to happen it’s going to be players getting more money

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Oh I agree. The Philly deal is a shytty deal in comparison to the others. The Boston deal is automatically the best deal because it has the best player in it. Toronto realistically isn’t moving Barnes, Siakam and probably not Vanvleet either and I doubt BKN is enamoured by OG who is a dope complimentary player but not a star and Gary Trent Jr. who is a microwave scorer who doesn’t provide much else that BKN might be enamoured by.

On the flip side, I doubt BKN wants to move KD to a division rival. So then who? Miami? New Orleans?

Miami can't/won't give up Bam for obvious reasons and I'm sure that Durant might not be too keen on playing in NO. The problem that KD has is that contenders don't have the combination of both picks/players Brooklyn wants and the teams who do have them don't want to give them up for a 34 year old player. It would literally have to be a win-now team that is cool with mortgaging the future. Someone like a Phoenix or Philly.

Honestly, Maxey is a good piece to have, but Philly just doesn't have the picks and other pieces to attach along with Harris to move him.

 

[beenz]

The Ben simmions thing sure, but kawhi was really injured, kyrie and the vaccine is a complex issue, and all kd did was ask for a trade
Maybe some language will be added but if anything is going to happen it’s going to be players getting more money

kawhi kicked off the load management bullshyt with the spurs and continued it everywhere else he went. I'm not specifically talking about last season, but the past 4 seasons prior to that.......

and legit or not, these owners aren't gonna forget this.

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

KD tanked his value aura and legacy in a single off-season.

 

[Gritsngravy]

kawhi kicked off the load management bullshyt with the spurs and continued it everywhere else he went. I'm not specifically talking about last season, but the past 4 seasons prior to that.......

and legit or not, these owners aren't gonna forget this.

We don’t know what injuries kawhi was going through, if he wasn’t ready he wasn’t ready

 

[Ironman]

We don’t know what injuries kawhi was going through, if he wasn’t ready he wasn’t ready

NBA will still use that as an excuse the next CBA load management WILL be brought up

 

[ghostwriterx]

NBA will still use that as an excuse the next CBA load management WILL be brought up

Pretty sure the owners are ok with load management, they sign off on it. The league probably feels differently, but not sure that matters in the grand scheme of things.