I wonder if we could have kept Bridges if Mat had let it go into tomorrow.
Not sure you want to know the answer to that question…Ayton is almost surely in the deal if Mikal isn’t
Not if KD threatened to sit out as the deadline approached.
(I also doubt Ayton would agree to the trade.)
Both are extreme hypotheticals, IMO.
I've never believed Ayton would reject a trade. He not that type of guy.
When Woj says the Suns were trying to keep Bridges, I highly doubt he meant they were offering Ayton.
I'll never be convinced they could get KD without Bridges or Ayton, but good for you that we'll never know for sure.
Re: KEVIN DURANT TRADED TO SUNS
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:53 am
by Wally_West
I gotta wake up for work in a couple hours and haven’t got a minute of sleep
Re: KEVIN DURANT TRADED TO SUNS
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:56 am
by Wally_West
Bruh
Re: KEVIN DURANT TRADED TO SUNS
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:13 am
by Flagrant Fowl
Whoa.
Re: KEVIN DURANT TRADED TO SUNS
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:16 am
by Flagrant Fowl
An underrated part of this trade is now we don't have to hear about LeBron breaking the scoring record or the Lakers 3-team trade for an entire week.
Re: KEVIN DURANT TRADED TO SUNS
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 4:44 am
by ShelC
Wow, what a way to wake up. Like others, very conflicted about the deal. HATE HATE HATE losing Mikal, but I get it. HATE HATE HATE losing CamJ but he was always going to be part of the deal. In not trading DA, I wonder if he'll accept his role or feel like he's being put on the backburner while Book and KD get all shots.
I worry a lot about depth and defense. We've also gotten worse from 3. I'm expecting nothing from TJ Warren so if he plays at all, it's a win. But losing two younger guys you draft and develop is always hard. They were part of the turnaround, have a lot of great basketball ahead of them and were easy to root for. If this goes sideways, we'll really regret giving them up.
I hope KD is healthy and ready to play. I think he is, I think he's wanted out of BK and only wanted Phoenix. It's exciting to be a destination, other players will want to play here on the cheap. Just a matter of who we can get right now in trades/buyouts.
Re: KEVIN DURANT TRADED TO SUNS
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 5:16 am
by The Bobster
Went to be early last night.
So what did I miss?
Re: KEVIN DURANT TRADED TO SUNS
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2023 5:20 am
by The Bobster
SF Craig/Warren
PF Durant/Saric/Wainright
C Ayton/Landale/Biyombo
SG Booker/D.Lee/Shamet/Okogie
PG Paul/Payne/S.Lee
I would hope they're active in the buyout market and can pick up some bench depth. Looks like the best starting lineup in the league though. This also takes the pressure off Chris Paul to score points in crunch time.
Stupid fucking move. We aren't going to have any assets when booker is in him prime and those old farts retire.
Just waking up to this so I'm sure someone has said this, but... if we don't win in the next 3 years, Booker will be traded to recoup some of the lost assets.
This seems like the kind of trade that could've been made at any time going back to the summer. They got Mikal, Cam and the picks. They didn't take our bench/ending contracts and some 2nds. So JJ may have been holding firm, negotiating with other teams and Ishbia came in and pushed the trade thru? Does that deal get done without the new owner? Would JJ have rather kept the young core together and make a Collins trade or something more marginal?
If Ishbia got involved and pushed the deal thru, is he a meddling owner now? Does JJ get any credit for the deal or trying to pull the 3team deal with ATL and DET?
Also, for some silver lining - Mikal is now in Brooklyn while Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart are with the Knicks. That's pretty cool.
