I saw reports on ESPN shows that BRK wanted Brown plus either Smart or Williams and picks for Durant which if true is why I believe Durant was not leaving the state of NY.
You can’t believe anything these days. Any whispers regarding rumors gets circulated by fact on twitter.
That's what I'm saying, Durant wasn't going anywhere unless someone was dumb enough to send 2 All Stars and picks to BRK. How do you stop GM's from calling set the asking prices so high they don't waste their time.
If it were some random Twitter guy or Flex I would agree but the rumor came from Shams and Co so I believe its couldn't have been far from the truth.
This just further confirms what Gambo said towards the end. Despite what “insiders” said there was never a deal, the Suns from jump never had what the Nets wanted and there never was an offer made to the Nets for KD. They were never “in the right place at the right time” nor did they have an opportunity to get him.
Suns didn’t have much of a choice. Nobody showed interest in Ayton and the Nets didn’t want him. Can you imagine if the Suns had let Ayton walk knowing we were not in play for KD?
I think it was Woj that said acquiring DA would have put the Nets up against the hard cap and they were unwilling to do so.
I didn't say anything about Ayton's worth. I am saying there wasn't a market for Ayton. Likely because nobody wanted to deal with the prospect of the Suns matching Ayton, wasting all that time and coming up empty while missing out on other players.
I don't really see a difference in the two points but okay, in the end we're saying pretty much the same thing.
I am not sure how you don't see the difference. Your implication was that I was holding it against Ayton or suggesting he had no value (aka worth as a basketball player). I am saying there was no Market for him which has a ton of other implications (like his contract situation). Those are clearly two different things.
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The Suns are not trading Ayton unless it’s a major piece in a major package coming back. Even then Ayton would to agree. I don’t think he is going anywhere.
Bump. Kellan appears to be on team Kuz:
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Same here but it was never an option. They didn't want Ayton and supposedly said we didn't have the assets necessary. At the time, I was thrilled to hear it but Bridges has disappeared and Durant has returned to his MVP form. I don't think it would have paid off with a championship unless we also saw the return of last year's CP but it would be better than watching us get blown out most nights.(although knowing what I know now, I would have given up Ayton/Bridges/picks for Durant)Best of both worlds: Kyle Kuzma's fit as a Suns trade target
Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma is an ideal Phoenix Suns trade target. And that reminds us of a few Hannah Montana lyrics.
It feels like a dream that we were first in the West for a significant part of the season. Now it feels like a nightmare and that we'll never win again.
I know how you feel. But I still believe this team, fully healthy with an impactful Chris Paul is a little better than last year's roster. I'm just not sure we'll ever be fully healthy this season.
At least Paul has shown some flashes recently.
And I doubt we would have but there were also "reports" that we simply did not have the assets that Brooklyn wanted even if we traded DA elsewhere and threw the return into a Durant trade. At the time, no way would I have traded Ayton's value, Bridges, CamJ and our picks and pick swaps for Kevin but apparently the Nets would have passed on it regardless. Keep in mind, our picks appeared to be almost worthless.
