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Kevin Durant’s Strong Comments About Miami Heat Coach Emerge Amid Trade Rumors originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Phoenix Suns All-Star forward Kevin Durant is rumored to be traded within the coming weeks.
Trade rumors involving Kevin Durant are ramping up. So could the Clippers swoop in on the action and make a deal for the forward?
Kevin Durant reportedly has his eye on three teams as he seeks a trade away from the Phoenix Suns: the Miami Heat, Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. There was, however, reportedly a fourth team on that list.
That is not the case, the Grizzlies have shot down overtures about either Ja Morant or Jaren Jackson Jr., a league source told NBC Sports. That echoes other reporting, specifically at ESPN, that Memphis is looking to retool around Morant and re-sign Jackson.
Jonathan Kuminga is reportedly drawing interest from a handful of teams ahead of the Golden State Warriors forward's restricted free agency.
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Kevin Durant is almost certainly going to play for a new team next season, and if he has his way, that team will reportedly be the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat or San Antonio Spurs. Of course, the Phoenix Suns are under no obligation to get him where he wants to go,
While the Miami Heat are actively in pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant, the team already has a backup plan if they don't acquire either star.
The Miami Heat are feeling out the trade market. Multiple different Heat trade rumors have been going around linking the team to stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant. We take a look at one Kevin Durant-Heat trade that Miami has to consider.
Durant reportedly has a wishlist (the Spurs, Rockets and Heat reportedly are on it), and with his expiring contract, he has a bit of leverage to get the deal he wants. But he is 37, not 27, and the threat of him passing on a lucrative two-year extension doesn't hold quite the same weight it once would.