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The Phoenix Suns are closing in on a trade to land 2014 NBA MVP Kevin Durant from the Brooklyn Nets, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. The Suns will send Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four unprotected first-round picks and a 2028 pick swap to Brooklyn for Durant and T.J. Warren. Durant had previously asked for a trade during the offseason, but at the time, the Nets did not find a deal for him. He eventually agreed to rejoin the team. The Suns, at that point, were Durant's preferred destination. For most of the season, this sort of trade appeared to be unthinkable. The Nets looked like a championship contender after a bumpy start, going 18-2 in Durant's last 20 Health y Game s. Phoenix, meanwhile, hovered around .500 for much of the season while dealing with injuries to Chris Paul and Devin Booker. They've righted the ship in recent Game s, however, while Brooklyn has gone the ...

If your Internet went out Friday and you missed the latest Kyrie Irving drama, here are the reported basics: Irving demanded a trade from the Nets before next Thursday's deadline. The Nets offered him a contract extension that included a championship stipulation, which may or may not be tied to a non-guaranteed season at the end of the deal. So insulted by this conditional offer was Irving that now he reportedly wouldn't even sign a fully guaranteed max deal with Brooklyn.  Irving wants his money -- he just doesn't want it from the Nets.  So now it's all about what team, if any, would be willing to commit a max deal to Irving, who becomes a free agent this summer but is seeking a trade now so the team that acquires him can re-sign him with his Bird rights without needing max cap space, which very few teams have.  Trouble is, Irving is a problem. He doesn't see himself as a problem, but he is on...

We need to make two things about Trae Young clear from the start: The Atlanta Hawks star guard is almost certainly not getting traded this season. The closest thing we have to a precedent for a 24-year-old All-NBA guard getting traded in the middle of the season is Jason Kidd in 1996. Kidd had not made the playoffs yet or earned All-NBA honors by that point in his career. Young is a 2021 All-NBA selection who came two wins short of the Finals. Players this young and this good just don't get traded in-season. They almost never get traded, period, but when they do, it almost always comes in the offseason. The Hawks almost certainly shouldn't trade him this season. There are just so many paths to internal improvement here. At the very least, Young's 3-point shooting is going to improve from 30.7 percent to something like the 35 percent he's shot for his career. Atlanta's offense is anachronistic. ...