Kevin Durant's NBA Future: Trade Options & Team Choices

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00:00What is the future home of Kevin Durant?

00:02KD is 36 years old.

00:04He will turn 37 in September for what will be his 18th season in the association.

00:10And DRS's business partner, Rich Kleiman, and the Phoenix Suns already exploring some

00:16of those potential trade options.

00:18The teams that are listed there from Sham Sharania were basically all the teams that

00:23our Canadian friends of the FanDuel Sportsbook had a graphic for earlier in the week.

00:28Spurs, Rockets, Knicks, all of that stuff included right there.

00:34What do you make of Kevin Durant's future in the NBA this summer?

00:38It'll be interesting to see where he goes, but also what's the price point for these

00:41franchises?

00:41Like, again, you are not getting 27-year-old Kevin Durant, who's going to be like your

00:45stonewall piece here for the next 10 years.

00:48You might get a good season or two where he can still play at a high level, but there's

00:51two choices you need to make.

00:53Because some of the teams I look at, like the Minnesota Timberwolves, they're way up

00:56there in salary cap.

00:57So I don't know if they're going to want to take on a Kevin Durant when their ownership

00:59group basically said, we're coming in here because we spend too much money.

01:03We're not a huge market team.

01:04We got to get back to playability where we can be a profitable franchise on year to

01:07year.

01:08I don't think that's going to make sense dollars-wise.

01:10But it makes sense for the team.

01:11Like, okay, we're in that window.

01:12We think we can win.

01:13Maybe Kevin Durant can help us for a year or two.

01:15The other team that I think makes some sense, too, would be the New York Knicks.

01:18That same framework, though, right?

01:20We have a veteran team, and we're ready to win now.

01:22A one- to two-year window with Kevin Durant, maybe it makes some sense.

01:25The teams I don't think make any sense are, why would he go to the Spurs?

01:28Why would he go to Houston?

01:29Like, you're building something with those franchises based on young basketball talent,

01:33and you want them to learn to go over the ebbs and flows that by the time they're in

01:36their absolute prime, they're ready to win championships for years in advance.

01:40Why would you blow any of that up?

01:41Because Kevin Durant is not coming in to be like, hey, you know what?

01:44I'm going to teach these guys the rope.

01:45Kevin Durant's coming in like, yeah, you guys are young.

01:47It's my basketball at the end of the game.

01:49Just make sure I get that, and we'll see what happens here.

01:50And also, from the simple fact that I look at Kevin Durant for what he did, saying,

01:54I can't win in Oklahoma City, which I didn't mind.

01:57I'm going to go to Golden State.

01:57I want to win championships, and he did.

01:59But then to get mad at Golden State, like, I'm not getting enough attention here.

02:02Let me get out of here and show you.

02:04I'll go to my own franchise, and we'll dominate.

02:06That's not anything since he left Golden State at this point.

02:08So buy your beware on Kevin Durant.

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