NEW YORK — A trade sending embattled Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton to the Nets is possible — but it’s incredibly unlikely for a number of reasons.
BetMGM reported the Nets have had interest in Ayton, who increasingly appears to have played his last games in Phoenix after a feud with head coach Monty Williams played out in public on the sidelines as the Dallas Mavericks eliminated the Suns in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. The report suggested a potential package of Nic Claxton, Joe Harris and Cam Thomas headed to Phoenix to land Ayton in Brooklyn and create a Big 4 that also features Kevin Durant, Ben Simmons and the newly re-committed Kyrie Irving.
But not only does the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement make a deal for Ayton very unlikely, it also makes both the Nets and Ayton losers if a deal were to be consummated.
