Suns proprietor Mat Ishbia has heard the rumors a couple of Kevin Durant commerce this summer time and he’s taken to X to handle them.
“NBA Draft evening is the perfect. Everybody speaking in regards to the drama and storylines, some are proper and a few are simply mistaken,” he wrote. “My flip. Phoenix loves Kevin Durant and Kevin Durant loves Phoenix, and we’re competing for a championship this 12 months as a result of now we have the crew to do it. Gotta love draft evening! Go Suns.”
Varied NBA media personalities and insiders have shared that the Rockets are attempting to make a play for Kevin Durant.
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith even went as far to say that, “Pay no consideration to what Phoenix is saying. They need out of Kevin Durant proper now.”
Scoop B Robinson additionally mentioned that in addition to Houston, “Dallas and Chicago even have some degree of curiosity in Kevin Durant, I’m listening to.”
Nonetheless, longtime insider Shams Charania mentioned on NBA draft day {that a} KD commerce is totally off the desk.
“I’m informed the Suns aren’t buying and selling Kevin Durant. There’s a zero % likelihood, I’m informed, that the Suns transfer Kevin Durant this offseason,” Charnaia reported on Stadium’s NBA Draft present. I repeat: A zero % likelihood. They wish to see this large three of Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal wholesome and on the ground beneath (new coach) Mike Budenholzer.”
ESPN‘s Brian Windhorst echoed Shams’ sentiments.
“It’s as a result of they’re excited by tempting the Suns to attempt to commerce them Kevin Durant now. They don’t wish to do that later. They wish to put this on the desk to see if the Suns can be tempted by it,” Windhorst mentioned Wednesday on Get Up in regards to the Rockets’ run at Durant. “Now, Mat Ishbia, proprietor of the Suns, has been on the market on the report saying we’re bringing this again, we wish to see these three stars wholesome. Durant, to my information, has not requested for a commerce to Houston or anyplace else. Booker is totally invested within the Suns, however this transfer is bait. It’s bait to the Suns to rethink.”
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