The HUGE Problem With Kevin Durant Trades... 

My top four teams I see KD possibly being traded to are Toronto, Phoenix, Portland and New Orleans. A Toronto trade with the focus being Scotty Barnes, Phoenix maybe a sign and trade with Deandre Ayton , Mikal Bridges, Portland's centerpiece would be Afernee Simon's, and assets. New Orleans would be BI or possibly Zion, of course all these players would be package with multiple draft picks and other players.

I don't know why all of you RU-vidrs think the Nets want mediocre players like OG, Siakam, Herro, Bridges or Ayton lmao The Nets either want a superstar or a group of GOOD young players with all star potential and at least 3 first round picks either way. Toronto, Miami, Chicago and Phoenix don't have the players or picks that the Nets want so its not happening, drop it. And what KD wants plays no factor into this decision. He'll go where the Nets send him. Think bigger, kid and look at the precedent.

What about the Thunder?

The most important box in need of "checking off" before you trade for Kevin Durant is the one reading: "Yes, I'd like to sign an INCREDIBLY expensive guy that just torpedoed an entire franchise 'cause his boyfriend told him to. And I'd like to empty the roster to do it, please. Thank you." THAT'S the one that wasn't mentioned here.

@Sublime Music Channel, agreed.

Unless you add in Simmons in the deal but I don't know if the salaries line up anyway

KD is 100% not going to the Warriors anyways

Almost every team has a player like this that would be the main asset being traded to the nets so it’s most likely if kd is getting traded that either Simmons is traded first or it’s a 3 team trade with the player wiggs/Bam etc head elsewhere

Are you sure I thought this was he 3rd contract

@@yadirose6080 Wiggins had a rookie extension that started in 2018 and would end in 2023 so it's still his second contract

This is interesting…

I was thinking this as well. You get 2 really good young talents and a guy to make the money work plus a few first rounders. Then you end up with Dame and KD leading the charge with Grant and Nurkic as really good role players

Best one been saying Portland for the longest

Why would the nets accept that Lmfao a bunch of bums

3 guards and a stash of lottery picks. Lmao the nets are not accepting that

Why are you setting the Gobert trade as a precedent? The Timberwolves gave up 0 high upside young players ofc they had to dump picks this isn’t the same situation.

kevin durant is soft on the rare occasions he isn't injured. Did nobody see the last 2 years?

@@Bandicoot19 yeah I literally have no idea why everyone is using that as some standard 💀 like who cares. Has nothing to do with KD lmaoo bad trades happen

​@@ICONOCLAST Well it's because a multi-time All NBA, All Star player being traded in their prime with 3 or 4 years left on his deal is pretty unprecedented. So Gobert is kinda the only thing to go on

I wouldn't say 0 upside. VanVleet is a decent bench player.

Plus it would obviously not be "2016 All over again" if he joined espacially the Heat cause they were clearly not a real championchip favorite this year despite the NO. 1 seat - i dont think he actually really cares about this

I agree

I’d rather see his career unfold in TO than BK, we’ll develop him into a better player

@@Thrilla-4-Manila yeah it’s really simple…KD for the last 4 years of his career? Or Barnes as a franchise player and future superstar? You’re also giving up another 37 million in salary worth of players to make a trade work. So probably OG and GTJ. Plus draft picks? Hell no!!

I like Barnes as well, but toronto would never ever get a player the caliber of kd without trades. Because of weather and taxes toronto is just flat out not a landing destination for free agents his caliber. That's not to say if toronto had a superstar that free agents wouldn't then flock to toronto they totally would but there must be a superstar here aka Kwai. We saw as soon as toronto landed Kwai people took vet min deals to come. Barnes as high as his potential maybe he will never be the guy that attracts people to play in toronto.

@@blairbryan4040 maybe if they hadn’t won a title I’d buy into that thinking, but you can’t trade the ROTY and 2 other top 6 rotation players for KD and feel your chances are any better than Brooklyn’s were last year.

steph curry ?

Ben Simmons still can't shoot free throws. Kyrie can't stop smelling his own farts. Why would KD wanna stay there? That Ben Simmons trade was the end.

"Seth" Curry. Who is, incidently, the most efficient three point shooter career wise. (that is still active in the league) So he demands a bit of respect. I know he is not as famous as his brother, but he is also a proven and very reliable NBA scorer.

You sayin Kyrie like that's a full time focused player.

No no no don’t say KD is the soft one he wasted 3 years all because of Kyrie and the Nets, the Nets management ownership have to be one of the worst I’ve seen next to the Knicks and it’s sad cause there like the richest teams in the Nba, KD isn’t going to sit around another year to deal with Kyrie and Ben Simmons Kyrie was talking crap about Lebron until he knew he couldn’t win without him, and Ben Simmons chooses when he wants to play and doesn’t faked a back injury when Scottie literally came back from a horrible injury in the playoffs just to help his team at any cost, if you’re asking me if your KD and got like 3-4 prime years left would you waste it on dealing with Kyrie and Ben Simmons or join Siakam and Scottie who will do anything to lead there team to the championship

@@chocothunder387 Scottie Barnes could be an MVP caliber player! We’ll see!

@@oregonbasketball6909 LOL championships aren't won with 'We'll see!'s. Tell that to Raps fans when they thought DeRozan/Lowry combo could get past Lebron in the East. Masai finally had the opportunity to made the big dick move that normie fans would hesitate to make which was moving DeRozan for a Kawhi rental. He knew what chips he had and did not flinch and pulled the trigger. He then Improved the roster a bit more and the Raps had one of the best defenses in the playoffs along with the best two-way player playing out of his mind to help the Raps win their first Finals. Nothin' against Scottie but he's been called many things but a generational prospect he is not like KD.

@@chocothunder387 KD is made of glass, a poor leader and has commitment issues. All those factors increase risk and reduce his trade value especially when you consider Raptors culture

We don’t owe you nothing. We got robbed by Houston and Boston Celtics. Now it’s our time to rob a team

Yeah, or the same deal with Barnes instead. Obv I'd prefer if they kept him, but that deal gets them a chip next season either way, maybe even more as the young guys reach their prime.

Barnes is Off the table.. Toronto will walk away. The offer is OG, Gary Trent Jr and Khem Birch plus 5 picks. So far I haven't seen or heard an offer that beats that

The Barnes deal is not working, for a 35 year old Durant no less and 3 20 ppg scorers as well

@@death4k57 Oh, who are you Canadians kidding. Those dummies are not 20 points per game scorer. They're 17 points a game scorer and are ranked 60th in the league. Durant = Siakam + Barnes + picks. I don't know where this delusional came from but the Raptors aka the weakest team in the East top 10 is pretending to be contenders. Insane.

where can i find this trade machine website

Don't be ridiculous it isn't happening.

I think they're overvalued him. If you're going to ask for an All-Star and an emerging player, you ain't getting no picks. That's why in the Gobert trade, Utah is getting a lot of picks because they're getting garbage players in return. And people will be like...oh since Gobert trade is getting a lot of picks, surely KD trade will get even MORE picks!! No you ain't, not if you're asking for an All-Star and an emerging star in return.

As a Memphis fan, all of the other trade options in the video are just better. Dillion Brooks is pretty good. All of those guys fit the system, and their individual trade value isn’t as high because of that. That’s just my opinion.

I'm a Nets fan from NZ so I'd happily take Adams haha.

Yup, a Chicago fan I’m here with you

@@indo1506 I just don’t trust kd to want to tough it out if shit doesn’t go our way and also Scottie is so young not saying he’ll ever as good as kd but he’s still gonna be a great player

@@bradentucker4854 facts

They want to be pretty good, so they won't take a high upside player who will only get better over the next few years? Make it make sense at least.

Agree 100 percent. Don’t know why they keep mentioning offering Scottie Barnes. I’d rather get OG and Trent if I’m the Nets to build around than someone like Ayton and Cam Johnson.

Having a young player with proper pieces to compete doesn't make you a bad team. The 2017-18 Celtics proved that very easily with Tatum, Brown, Rozier, and Smart leading the show while Kyrie and Hayward were out.

​​@@UncleJrueForTue They would like Scotty, absolutely. But the cornerstones are OG and Trent, not Barnes. Because OG has also continually improved and is young but is more ready to go right now. Scotty would be the guy they would want on top of that, but the Raptors would either add in ither roleplayers or more draft compensation. I probably could have made that more clear. The way I see it, the Nets can either get back upside players or right now players + draft compensation, no team is giving them both. Edit: Oh, and OG and Trent are both under 25, they are also young with room to grow

100 percent! Trent. Og. Add in one more 10 or less million guy one the team plus 2-3 first rounders. I think KD will be happy in Toronto if he wants another title I think raps are the way for him… he’ll be option number one in Toronto and raps play great together without him so adding him in I think would be a no brainer

They can't. Wiggins is on a rookie max extension too. Simmons would have to go. Warriors aren't realistic.

Agree, won without him again and the future is set, no way to send the young guys and 1 rd picks for KD.

Hawks need defense, not scoring. That is why the Dejounte Murray trade made sense, he is a good defensive guard. KD would be awesome though next to Trae, I like the idea :P

@@pinobluevogel6458 KD would be good anywhere haha

I agree, he is always awesome, anywhere. :D The issue wasn't that KD wouldn't be great, the issue is you need a good balanced team. You have to give up a ton to trade for a player like Durant. In my opinion the hawk's defense was the biggest problem last season, so they are better off using whatever trade assets they have to focus on improving that aspect. Then again, I am no expert on the hawks, so I'll gladly let hawk's fans correct me on what kind of players they need most.

Facts

I think Phoenix would lose a lot of depth to make a KD trade work. Ayton likely to a third team. Bridges, Crowder, Johnson all likely to be moved. JaVale, Holiday have already gone. That puts a lot of pressure on a 37 and 34 year old to stay healthy and elite, and Booker to lead the team.

Yeah, I agree. As a Suns fan I’d rather keep the young core, if we pick up some good role players and a backup point I think we would do much better. Being too too heavy is so risky, as we have witnessed recently. Durant is one of my favorite players, but I don’t think it’s worth it. A few years younger, I’d probably say pull the trigger but nah.

No, he specifically said CP3 chance for a ring is practically vanished. Not Suns. Theoritically, CP3 would only get worse with age, while others at Suns would get better with it (experience)... normally its still good, but because of the Ayton situation, the young Suns become better isn't gonna be enough for them to balance the main star (CP3) getting worse. Even if they trade Ayton for something similar value in asset, it wont immediately fix the problem, they need more time to build chemistry again...which means more time...and CP3 will get even worse. Sure KD can just hop in the bus, and play crazy good again. Become a savior in that deadlock situation...but doing that is exactly what happen in GSW. GSW have a hurdle in LeBron, Suns have hurdle in time. Jumping to an already built ship with good captain & loyal sailor...they cant be easily hijacked. Even if the captain is in decline, but his leadership & the crew loyalty cant get faded easily...even more if the "new guy" who want to be captain have less leadership ability than the previous one. And everyone knows it. Let the ship handled by the one who left his ship? For what? So he can left again if the situation getting though? As long as CP3 there, KD wont be viewed as a leader. CP3 could hijack it from Booker, and everyone okay with it, because he has great amount of experience & leadership skills, now KD try to hijack it from CP3 is an almost impossible task.

But Durant doesn’t want to go there. He specifically asked to be traded to Phoenix or Miami and since he signed as a free agent Sean Marks wants to set a good precedent. Future free agents consider this when signing. It’s in the Nets interest to get as much as they can from the Suns and trade him there.

Pelicans don’t want him. Why would they throw away a promising future for 1 or 2 years of kd

KD on a 4yr contract bro

@@eliseeden doesn’t mean he won’t sit out or request another trade

@@level5599 Why would he sit out? Cj and Zion provide him a far better chance to win than with kyrie and ben simmons

Throw in siakam and 5 first round picks as well

Exactly and they want them also to give up picks as well smh

That most certainly isn’t too much for Kevin Durant. He would immediate put you in serious title contention

Scottie is already too much, we don’t need KD, let him destroy another franchise

@@JohnSmith-dj2ml Really? Or are they more likely to end up like Brooklyn twice who has been like this twice. A 2nd round exit with no future and depth? What is the point of trading for KD if your roster is depleted? He ain’t LeBron who can carry.

But you can't discount location unfortunately. That and a ton of that talent you mentioned would have to go to Brooklyn to make the trade work. So kd would be on a island so no its not a fit.

@@blairbryan4040 Well the Cavs have a glut of young talent. Sexton, Markkanen, Okoro, Osman 3 first round picks and 2 or 3 pick swaps is a darn good package. If that all moved, You still have Garland, Mobley, Allen, Agbaji, Love, LeVert, and now you add Durant. That's not an island at all. Now they could trade fewer players and include Mobley or Allen, still be a very scary team. I don't support this idea, btw, I like the Cavs playing the long game and I like their core. But if they wanted to go all in with KD, they have the ammunition. But yes, location does matter. But he was talking about New Orleans and Toronto so might as well toss Cleveland in there.

@@Nuvendil here's the thing your not getting the cavs need to make salaries match so they would have to gut the team to make a trade work. And the fact is toronto is more of a destination that the cavs are. Kd has said it at one point he wanted to play for toronto. Stars actually like toronto as a city they only dislike the weather and tax.

@@blairbryan4040 Sexton is a RFA. So it would be a sign and trade, so his salary would go up considerably. And the guys I listed all add up well enough once you factor his deal in I believe. I would have to check my math.

Yes, a TERRIFYING first round exit

Hell no, siakam and Barnes are untouchable

I refuse to lose OG

@@jesuschris5564 I'd sell Siakam now while his value is high. Durant replaces him nicely. Barnes, on the other hand, is untouchable.

@@jesuschris5564 we ain’t getting KD If neither of those 2 are involved in the trade though

@@SullivanKelly85 and somehow keep OG in this scenario. would be great.

Not without trading Chet and after his summer league performance they definitely wouldn’t do that

KD isn’t interested in joining the warriors, he would never hear the end of it. And the warriors aren’t interested in KD either. Giving up their future for a guy who barely gets you 25/5/5.

Thank you for being intelligent 😂, I freaking hate all this "we have to move for KD" shit, what's the problem with keeping things as is and seeing what this group's ceiling is? I don't really see a reality where we get KD and don't fit our entire roster/future to do so, so this whole "KD would make the Raps a contender" nonsense is not realistic in my opinion. PLUS, as great as he is, I honestly don't trust KD, I don't fully believe he's THAT guy (either than the golden State years where he had the two greatest shooters and a DPOY all time stat filler as support) KD hasn't had an amazing playoff history, i.e. just look at his recent run in Brooklyn vs the Celtics. There's too many question marks with KD in my opinion to warrant mortgaging our future just for him.

They’re absolutely his preferred lol what? He’s stated in a recent interview he would love to play in Phoenix. He listed a few others but clearly Phoenix was where he wanted to live and play.

He 100% wants to go to Phoenix

Warriors is a horrible idea, draymond wouldn’t fw him, the warriors would have to trade their young core which they’ve been crafting perfectly. Lakers and suns are trash and won’t be title contenders with or without Durant.

yep

Well that Nets situation was beyond trash this year. Pure chaos

Sorry, I thought he won two finals MVP. Now he’s soft.

@@charlescohen6140 two finals mvp that he *totally* deserved

@@charlescohen6140 Nice burner account, KD

I wouldn't trade a bag of chips for KD. The guy is soft and always injured.

@@scambammer6102 Ratio he a top 3 player in the NBA

Your only ring is him being injured

@@look-at-curry-man2206 lol no he isn't a top 3 player, even when he isn't injured, which is usually. How did the Nets do last 2 years?

@@scambammer6102 Record don't mean shit everyone calls Bron the king when he missed the play-in 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Nets are poverty and should get tf outta Brooklyn

He didnt choose harden and kyrie quitting atkinson got fired because the whole team hated him

@@Aburner960 well he choose kyrie. What in his past ever made him seem reliable b4 nj? And harden quit cuz he was running himself into the ground trying to keep the team going when kd and kyrie were gone

@@Aburner960 he did choose kyrie and no, atkinson got fired because of KD wanting Nash. How could everyone hate him on the nets but everyone loves him in the bay?

@@CaptCharisma31 his whole career? Dudes fine hes just against the vaccine and is pretty spiritual thats cool if theres no covid this isnt a issue

I’m not saying they’ll get him or that I’d give up Scottie. But he has to be in it if they want him.

Nets aren't excepting a trade without him and your a delusional raps fan other teams can provide better than siakam

@@SportingLogically even without Scottie, raptors still have the beat package for KD in the league.

Can't trade Simons till December also they are hard capped they would need to off load another salary to sign additional players

Memphis isn't trading JJJ AND Bane. Maybe one of them but I even doubt that. Which probably makes it a no-go

Sounds possible. Does Memphis have a bunch of picks to trade?

@@nmarbletoe8210 dunno maybe

@@er7hos any team that trades for kd will have to sacrifice a lot sooo…

@@finleyreddings7844 Oh no doubt, I just can't see the Grizzlies trading away two of the pillars of their budding franchise that they got through the draft for a wild swing at 35 year old KD. As much as I've always dreamt about KD in a Grizz jersey, I myself would hate to see that happen. If you trade away everyone, I'm not even sure a Ja + KD pairing would be the favorite to win it all in today's league.

Except GS is never trading anything of value to the nets for KD.

Also he doesn’t deserve any respect, what are you talking about?

@@myweirdsecondchannelwithap9070 ok homer.

Even being stingy, he could offer a better package then most.

Not quite. Ben Simmons being on the Nets roster limits who the Nets can get in return no matter how many teams get involved. Like he said Simmons has about no trade value right now.

Cuz the wolves overpayed. Should’ve kept pat bev :(

@@CRAShOUT.RED.888 That would have been better but by getting Gobert, you would have to part with some of your beloved players (though I think this was too much tbh). As for the Jazz anyway, while they got a buttload of returns, that Center spot is open and their already horrible perimeter defense would be exposed to no end unless they fill that out

@@ja4309 The big three are goin have a hay day w the jazz 😮‍💨