Soul Bro 1,423 Report post Posted April 29 "The Phoenix Suns have acquired forwards Kevin Durant and T.J. Warren from the Brooklyn Nets in a four-team trade with the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers. Brooklyn receives forwards Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, multiple first-round picks (2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029) and a first-round pick swap in 2028 from Phoenix, as well as second-round picks from Milwaukee, in the exchange." https://www.nba.com/news/suns-nets-kevin-durant-trade# First, it was crazy for the Suns to give up that much for a mid-thirty year-old player who has a serious injury history. If I'm the Suns, I'm trying to trade Durant and recoup some value for him there from a team that's close. I'd especially look at getting a young star who could grow with Booker. Not sure who that may be, but I think that's there only logical path forward. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orlandoholic 141 Report post Posted April 29 1 hour ago, CTMagicUK said: Why would you tank when you don't have your own picks? They have to try and win. I didn’t say they’d tank.. They could trade KD to the Pelicans. NO get KD SUNS get Ingram, Daniels, Hawkins If they’d opt to shop Booker, they’d easily get a massive package ATL get Booker SUNS get T. Young, Okonkwo, J. Johnson i think that’s just two trades, that shows you they can easily rest their team. Only Beals contract would be considered bad… Its not a bad situation as people are making it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,218 Report post Posted April 29 26 minutes ago, orlandoholic said: I didn’t say they’d tank.. They could trade KD to the Pelicans. NO get KD SUNS get Ingram, Daniels, Hawkins If they’d opt to shop Booker, they’d easily get a massive package ATL get Booker SUNS get T. Young, Okonkwo, J. Johnson i think that’s just two trades, that shows you they can easily rest their team. Only Beals contract would be considered bad… Its not a bad situation as people are making it I don’t think KD has nearly as much value as people think he does, at least that’s my opinion. He’s old, bad injury history, reputation for checking out and bailing on contracts, and a ton of miles on the tires. He hasn’t really been the Kevin Durant of old for like 3 years now. LeBron has everybody tainted that these guys all play forever without falling off. KD ain’t built like that. Also, “only Beals contract would be considered bad…” doesn’t put it into enough context how bad it is. It’s by far the worst contract in the league right now with virtually no outs and $50+ million committed over the next 3 seasons to a guy that by all accounts is done for… and he’s got a no trade clause too! I think the Suns would consider a reset button by trading Booker and regaining draft capital, even if it’s not their own. We also have secondary pick swaps rights with them and Washington in 2026 that I’m sure they’d love back. Like I said before, I don’t expect it to happen, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Booker demanded his way out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke_FfS 251 Report post Posted April 29 I'm with CT here, they're not going to blow it up (unless another crazy player request happen), they have to try it at least another season after the all-in moves they made. Don't forget that their season has been injury plagued as hell - not enough time to make it work in playoffs. Even if they had that time and played enough together, a legit question is if they were able to contend. The Beal-Booker pairing has been questionable at least since the trade was made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazyhorse81 251 Report post Posted April 30 2 minutes ago, Jay Magic said: Good grief I mean I know that the "player pool" is smaller because it's the playoffs, but we have THREE people on that list. I love our defense! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Magic 1,251 Report post Posted April 30 2 minutes ago, Crazyhorse81 said: Good grief I mean I know that the "player pool" is smaller because it's the playoffs, but we have THREE people on that list. I love our defense! incredible my friend. Hope you are good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Magic 1,251 Report post Posted April 30 watching Heat vs Celtics Porzi just went down with a injury.. looks serious.. for his sake hope it isnt... but... if we get past the Cavs and play them and Porzi is out for the series.. We are making the East finals minimum!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamesdin 44 Report post Posted April 30 1 hour ago, Jay Magic said: Mo Wagner? that isn't his calling card but I like it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Magic 1,251 Report post Posted April 30 23 minutes ago, Jamesdin said: Mo Wagner? that isn't his calling card but I like it. definitely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamesdin 44 Report post Posted April 30 6 minutes ago, Jay Magic said: stars are aligning. hopefully we go deep this year in preparation for more championship. a man can only dream right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
