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While the Phoenix Suns appear to have been the only team with a legitimate chance of trading for Kevin Durant at the trade deadline with what was described as “a covert one-team negotiation,” Bill Simmons shared on his podcast that he believes the New York Knicks were also in on a possible deal to at least some extent.
“I think the Knicks were the other team in this K.D. thing,” said Simmons. “It’s unclear to me whether they were an actual, real pursuer… Or, I know the Knicks were the other team. It’s unclear to me if they were a real pursuer, or if they were trying to jack up the price for K.D. with the Suns kind of hoping maybe Booker down the road…
“I think the Booker Knicks thing… just way down the road. He’s not a free agent until 2028, but if this turns into a situation where they have their run for three years and then it’s a rebuild and Devin Booker is like ‘Alright, well we had our run, we won our title, whatever.”
Simmons also said that the Knicks would have built their package around RJ Barrett, Obi Toppin and their full suite of draft picks.
“I do think the Knicks were involved,” punctuated Simmons.
Durant was strongly linked to the Knicks in 2019, but he and Kyrie Irving decided to sign with the Brooklyn Nets. With Durant situated in New York City already, he wouldn’t have had to uproot himself by going to the Knicks.
Other reporting has indicated that Durant preferred a trade to the Suns and was zeroed in on them.
When Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman requested a meeting with Sean Marks less than 24 hours after the Brooklyn Nets traded it was described as “somber.” Durant told Marks he wanted to be traded and specifically asked to be dealt to the Phoenix Suns. Durant, Kleiman and Marks then Facetimed Joe Tsai, who was at his home in San Diego.
Durant wanted the situation to remain private as he didn’t want a bidding war and days of being the target of speculation.
“At some point, there’s just a fatigue,” one source close to the process said. “There’s just too much drama. Too much uncertainty.”
Durant told the Nets he’d play out the rest of the 22-23 season if they couldn’t find a way to execute the trade with the Suns and he’d find a way to get excited about their new additions in Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith from the Dallas Mavericks.
The Durant deal started as an owner-to-owner call on Monday afternoon as Tsai told Mat Ishbia that Durant wanted a trade to the Suns. Ishbia had attended several Nets’ games over the years as a guest of Tsai and the two had grown to like each other.
Marks and James Jones began working on the details of a trade, and the Nets never came off their asking price.
