“You want to have your best players with KD” Chris Broussard details upon why trade market is slow for Kevin Durant
Chris Broussard and Kevin Durant
Since Kevin Durant has decided to want his way out of Brooklyn, almost every team has been linked with 2x NBA Champ and how he could fit into their roster. But even with a week gone, there hasn’t been any official movement regarding the former MVP. On the same note NBA Insiders Chris Broussard and Rob Parker discussed why the trade market has been entirely slow.
There are no doubts that Kevin Durant is the biggest name to trade in this offseason. Whether team have been reluctant to acquire Kevin Durant and for what reason, Broussard decided to opinionate upon it. Moreover, according to Broussard, is teams acquiring Durant are expecting to win a championship. However, it would be difficult to achieve if they traded their best players for the two-time champion.
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Why are teams reluctant by acquire Kevin Durant?
The veteran analyst stated on the latest episode of the Odd Couple, “Kevin Durant is gonna be 34 years old in September. He has only played 90 games in the last three years. That’s few than Kyrie (Irving) played.
“If you get Kevin Durant, you’re trying to win a championship. But to have Kevin Durant and win a championship, you need your great players that you still have. If Miami gives up Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler then brings on Kevin Durant, you’re good but you’re not a championship team.”
That being said, there were reportedly one of the teams that showed interest in acquiring Durant. However, Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo! Sports noted that the Timberwolves rejected an absurd offer by the Brooklyn Nets. They wanted Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards and four draft picks. As a result of this absurd ask, Timberwolves went onto acquire Rudy Gobert. But even that came at a cost, as the team had to give up 5 players 5 draft picks? Will that prove to be enough for the Timberwolves to make the ultimate leap? Remains to be seen.
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