Durant wants to be here You have the Suns picks You have young prospects If Stone can't get this done, he's a bottom 5 GM. I swear to god.
I just don't By the time he’s 40 I would hope Amen, Sengun or whoever is left from the young core is better and leading the charge. Just saying. Durant is a key to unlocking the next level in my opinion. They need winning playoff experience. They showed a major lack. Also, need a half court offense. Durant answers both. Both on the court and off. He’s a pure hooper.
Quit playing games Rafael. There is no core 7 or core 5. There’s a Core 1.5 (Amen and Sengun half). Both which are staying. I’d like to keep both (send Tari if one gotta go) but both are extension eligible this year or RFA next year. 33 Sengun 33 Jalen 30 Fred (guessing estimate) 25 Jabari (guessing estimate) 20 Dillon 20 Tari (guessing estimate) 13 Adams And whatever Amen’s max is in 2 years Cam doesn’t fit this coach Reed TBD Gonna re-sign and pay slow ass declining Fred but not top 20 Durant? Durant(137) has played more games than Fred(133) the last 2 years.
If we just ran it back without Durant but were able to acquire Derrick White or Trey Murphy... that would be good. I just don't know how realistic that really is. Durant is on the table right now.
Any assets you spend on old man Durant are no longer available. He’d be the best player on the team to be sure but how many teams have won titles with a player near 40 as their best player? Durant has never led a team to a title as the best player even when he was younger. Why do we think he can do it now? Durant is better than anyone else on the roster but he’s not better enough for it to matter.
he just has to be our best scorer. it wouldn't be KD vs everybody. our halfcourt offense is argubably the worst in the league and that's including teams that were purposely trying to lose.
Given Durant's age and us having the Suns picks, I think it would take less to get Durant than it would take to get White or Murphy. Personally, I rather have Trey Murphy and have him replace Brooks.
We can get Durant without giving up any of our young core. We just have to be patient and wait it out. Durant’s camp has already made it known to other teams that he will not sign long term with them. Phoenix is backed into a corner and they either keep him or accept our offer.
Durant has clearly lost a step defensively after the Achilles tear. His lateral quickness is shot and he seems to mail it in on that end. Durant’s durability has also gone off a cliff. That isn’t going to be better with time and use. His offensive game was always suited to age well so it’s not super surprising he can still score. He’s 7ft with a silky jump shot. Just get to your spot and elevate.
But Clutchfans has spent 4 years telling me that you never trade anyone under 25 because they COULD all become hall of famers. Even Kevin Porter. Stone probably posts here.
If you’re giving up Green, Brooks and Cam you need to keep #10 and get wing depth. FVV/Reed Amen/#10 Durant/Tari Bari Sengun/Adams
Curry is being paid for what he provides defensively? Curry better than KD defensively based on what? I hope it’s not DBPM. What do u think Steph Curry would’ve done on defense down in PHX? C’mon bro be fr. Draymond is 9x All-Defense and finished 3rd in DPOY this year. Jimmy Butler has always been a better defender than KD, he started his career as a defensive specialist. Warriors jumped from 10th to 1st defensively after adding him. GS has never had a bad defense pretty much since 2012 aside from when they tanked, and it ain’t because of anything Curry’s been doing. KD earns his money because of what he provides offensively. Idk why you’re acting like KD is some defensive sieve anyways. Jalen has a -DBPM, I didn’t see him getting cooked night in and night out. Did u? If you’re relying on 37 y/o KD to fix a 28th ranked defense, it’s not gonna happen. The Rockets are a top 5 defense, and that’s with negative DBPM Jalen Green. Is it your belief that KD would make our defense worse? That teams will target KD like he’s a mismatch that can’t defend? the Suns weren’t a play-in team because they went 3-17 in the games without KD…aside from that, they played as a 44 win team when he was in the lineup KD has averaged about 37 mpg the past 2 seasons and played 75 and 62 games…aside from FVV’s 35 mpg and Amen’s 36 mpg as a starter, no one else averaged more than 33 mpg for the Rockets…lower KD’s minutes down to that 33 mpg range and let’s see how many games he plays…but the overall point is that the reason KD didn’t make All-NBA isn’t because he’s not a top 15 player because there are several players on those All-NBA teams that are for sure not better than him…he played more games the previous season and made All-NBA 2nd team for a reason the Suns are a sloppy built team with a mismatched Big 3 that can’t defend…the Rockets are an elite defensive team that has trouble shooting and scoring…KD provides what we lack, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has an outsized impact here because of that Jalen Green is already not worth the value of his contract, he gave us 13 ppg in the playoffs and was overall mediocre in the regular season…someone like Cam Whitmore isn’t even in the rotation PHX can say what they want, and I’m sure every single team would put out that they want a real return. We’ll see what the reality is for them tho Jimmy Butler was traded for Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson, and a top 10 protected pick
