Likeliest landing spot for Kevin Durant still Phoenix?

Ralph Mason: Jake Fischer: The most likely spot for Kevin Durant right now is to Phoenix in a potential multiple-team deal with Deandre Ayton going to a non-Brooklyn team.
Source: Twitter

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Dan Favale @danfavale
[searching for protagonists in the kyrie/kd/nets/lakers dramedy] pic.twitter.com/oDodADraG2 – 5:51 PM

Quinton Mayo @RealQuintonMayo
Just you, me, and 4️⃣ hours of @betmgmtonight from 7-11 PM ET
I’m solo tonight so it’s an NBA takeover:
* Top championship bets to make BEFORE the KD trade
* Mandatory NBA MVP bets
* DPOY Early edge
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🖥️ https://t.co/HKPLrB4sRp https://t.co/vYwrr33xNI pic.twitter.com/5kLK23SxTz – 5:32 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
From earlier — ASK IRA: How much would be too much for the Heat for Kevin Durant? sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… – 4:52 PM

CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA free agency 2022: What we learned during wild first weekend, from Kevin Durant’s journey to Lakers’ dreams
cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-f… – 4:45 PM

CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Kevin Durant trade rumors: Warriors stars discussing possibility of reunion, but deal is unlikely, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/kevin… – 4:41 PM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Locked On Pelicans is live!
🏀 Kevin Durant impacting the Pelicans Summer League team?
🏀 What to expect from Trey, Jose, and Naji in Vegas
🏀 What does Summer League really tell us?
🎧 https://t.co/BETlDzBFEv
Watch on YouTube!
📺 https://t.co/4DBES9YyFq pic.twitter.com/EA17Xdpk8v – 4:00 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Only teams with more playoff appearances than the Thunder since KD left OKC:
Celtics, Bucks, 76ers, Blazers, Raptors, Jazz.
That’s the whole list.
Not bad for a doomed franchise and the current face of NBA tanking. – 3:48 PM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Report: Kevin Durant, Warriors stars talking reunion nba.nbcsports.com/2022/07/04/rep… – 3:25 PM

Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA
Lowe Post podcast: @Jon Krawczynski on Minnesota’s GIANT gamble on Rudy Gobert, then @Tim Bontemps on the Donovan Mitchell ripple effects, KD trade landscape, Boston acquiring Brogdon, more:
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Spotify: spoti.fi/3bSmuBT – 2:43 PM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Locked On Pelicans is live!
🏀 Kevin Durant impacting the Pelicans Summer League team?
🏀 What to expect from Trey, Jose, and Naji in Vegas
🏀 What does Summer League really tell us?
🎧 https://t.co/BETlDzTh35
Watch on YouTube!
📺 https://t.co/4DBESaga40 pic.twitter.com/SFHMTGaehs – 2:30 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Steph Curry playoff win%:
65.2 — Without Kevin Durant
78.7 — With Kevin Durant pic.twitter.com/HG013ucElb – 2:11 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Kevin Durant playoff win%:
54.9 — Without Steph Curry
78.7 — With Steph Curry pic.twitter.com/GlKjKFm4uJ – 2:07 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
When KD announced he was leaving OKC 6 years ago, some said it could end the small market franchise.
OKC has since had 4 playoff teams, 6 All Star selections & 1 MVP.
After 2 non-playoff years, OKC now has one of the NBA’s best young cores & the most draft picks in NBA history. – 1:51 PM

Michael Singer @msinger
“A lot of people compare me to KD, but me and KD know, I’m Peyton Watson.”
On the #Nuggets promising young forward and his unique relationship with Durant.
denverpost.com/2022/07/03/nug… – 12:39 PM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Locked On Pelicans is live!
🏀 Kevin Durant impacting the Pelicans Summer League team?
🏀 What to expect from Trey, Jose, and Naji in Vegas
🏀 What does Summer League really tell us?
🎧 https://t.co/BETlDzTh35
Watch on YouTube!
📺 https://t.co/4DBESaga40 pic.twitter.com/J016zC4CPQ – 12:24 PM

Aaron Rose @AaronBenRose
Is an OG Anunoby, Gary Trent Jr., and picks package enough for Kevin Durant – 11:07 AM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
ASK IRA: How much would be too much from the Heat for Kevin Durant? sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… – 10:59 AM

Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
One thing isn’t mentioned enough with Kevin Durant — the Nets have leverage. They don’t have to trade him. Could Durant hold out and refuse to play like Simmons? Sure. But I don’t see that in twilight of his prime. Even if he did, Nets not obligated to deal him before the season – 10:11 AM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Good morning everyone, unless you’re being condescending either way about a Kevin Durant trade.
Gonna have a new, maybe quick, episode of Locked On Pelicans coming before noon today. – 9:56 AM

Kelly Iko @KellyIkoNBA
There’s a Kevin Durant situation that needs solving.
There’s a Deandre Ayton situation that needs solving.
And the rebuilding, flexible Rockets might have a solution — but not in the way you might think.
New IkoSystem for @The Athletic: theathletic.com/3396543/2022/0… – 9:34 AM

Aaron Rose @AaronBenRose
Would you include Pascal Siakam as the centerpiece of a Kevin Durant trade that doesn’t involve Scottie Barnes – 8:47 AM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Nets being patient, nothing reportedly close on Durant, Irving trade front nba.nbcsports.com/2022/07/04/net… – 8:40 AM

JD Shaw @JShawNBA
Six years ago from this morning: Kevin Durant chooses to sign with the Warriors in free agency. He signed with the Nets three years later. Here we are three years after that. – 8:38 AM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
How much would be too much for the Heat for Kevin Durant? Latest “Ask Ira” at sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… plus more. – 8:25 AM

Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Kevin Durant has updated his wishlist to include the following teams:
The 1996-97 Chicago Bulls
The 1927 NY Yankees
The 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens
The 1985 Chicago Bears – 7:49 AM

Joe Vardon @joevardon
Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green been in contact with Kevin Durant, ⁦@Marcus Thompson⁩ reports. And today is the sixth anniversary of the last time he joined them. theathletic.com/3398430/2022/0… – 7:41 AM

Nick Wright @getnickwright
We are live this AM on @FTFonFS1 talking all things KD & Kyrie plus the *insane* Gobert trade.
Should be the perfect precursor to your barbecues & pyrotechnics today. – 7:22 AM

Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
Forget Kyrie. Kevin Durant for Anthony Davis is the trade that makes the most sense for the Lakers. Unload Davis before he’s untradeable. KD turns a losing team into a champion and totally redeems himself. – 12:52 AM

Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
Kevin Durant to the Warriors doesn’t make sense for either side. Not for the Warriors future. Not for KD’s legacy. – 12:12 AM

Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Got tired of everyone talking down to one another about hypothetically trading for Kevin Durant so I tried to stay off Twitter. Past few days are my least favorite thing about this job. And we should be happy about Zion!
Related, Game Night is an underrated movie. – 11:47 PM

David Hardisty @clutchfans
Woj says Brooklyn has “no traction” on a deal for KD or Kyrie. They’re being patient because they “don’t have to trade either”, though that’s not their ideal scenario. Nets trying to get the “biggest haul of assets that they can” and “there’s a lot more talks coming.” – 11:16 PM

Peter Vecsey @PeterVecsey1
This just in: in case Kevin Durant and the Warriors have any interest in each other, the players reconvened and voted him a full playoff share… – 10:23 PM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
A thought I just had. Let’s say:
– The Raptors get Kevin Durant.
– The Lakers get Kyrie Irving.
– The Raptors win the East and the Lakers win the West.
Kyrie wouldn’t be able to play road games in the Finals because of Canada’s vaccine mandate. – 10:07 PM

Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
#Nets are patient to find premium return in exchange for Kevin Durant nypost.com/2022/07/03/net… via @nypostsports – 9:25 PM

Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
About to sit down and binge some Stranger Things.
You can thank me when a KD or Kyrie trade goes down in the next 15 minutes or so. – 9:21 PM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Reunited and it feels so good? Count Warriors among teams interested in Durant nba.nbcsports.com/2022/07/03/reu… – 8:04 PM

Jeff Wade @SkinWade
At this point in my life I have but one dream, and that’s for KD to wear a Jazz jersey for the next three years – 8:02 PM

More on this storyline

 

Ralph Mason: Jake Fischer: I don’t think Toronto would include Scottie Barnes in a Kevin Durant trade -via Twitter / July 4, 2022

Babers Green: This stuff is hilarious…. Everyone saying who don’t want one of the greatest players to ever play the game! I wouldn’t care what a spectator/commentator say period! Basketball players play basketball! GO PLAY! Wherever you want! -via Twitter / July 4, 2022

Adrian Wojnarowski on Kevin Durant’s potential trade: “The market is still taking shape, and I think it’s incumbent on some of the other teams to be creative and start bringing to Brooklyn ideas, going out and seeing if they can get players, picks that would put the kind of package it would take to get Kevin Durant. Brooklyn’s got time on its side. They have a lot of time left in the offseason and they have a player in KD who has four years left on his contract. They don’t have to rush into a deal.” -via YouTube / July 4, 2022