It’s whale season!!!!
Amid the completely unanticipated trade request from Kevin Durant, the Miami Heat are among the list of teams on Durant’s wish list, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Woj also listed the Suns as a potential option, but cited the Nets “plan to move Durant where they can get the best possible deal”. Durant has four years and at least $192 million guaranteed left on his deal.
Phoenix and Miami are among two of the teams that Kevin Durant has on his wish list, sources tell ESPN, but the Nets plan to move Durant where they can get the best possible deal. With four years on his contract, there’s no shortage of teams willing to unload assets for Durant.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2022
It’s noteworthy to point out that the Miami Heat cannot trade Bam Adebayo under the current CBA because one team cannot acquire two teams via trade on rookie scale extensions, per former front office executive and current ESPN front office analyst Bobby Marks on the latest Lowe Post podcast. The only way to deal Adebayo — perhaps Miami’s most valuable asset — would be a three-team trade.
Miami met with Durant during Free Agency in 2016. While Durant didn’t choose Miami, could this circle around six years later? Only time will tell.
It’s whale season, folks.
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