US media says Bain s deal has no impact on KD: 36-year-old veteran in his twilight years, the Suns are rejected for high prices

On June 16, ESPN reporter Brian Vinhorst revealed that the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors joined Kevin Durant's battle, and Bain's 1-for-7 was released. After Vincenhorst believed that this would increase Durant's trading value.

The US media directly responded to this statement: 1. Bain has not officially entered his peak period at age 26. He still has four years of contract, and Magic will not continue to trade him in the future;

2. Durant is 36 years old and has already passed his peak period. He is the last year of the maximum salary contract, which is the expiration contract. The Suns have no choice but to trade him. Please do not overstate the relevance of the transaction.

According to the report of TA Rockets reporter Kelly Iko, the Suns and the Rockets have had several rounds of negotiations. At first, the Suns hoped to recover their future first-round picks from the Rockets, and then they asked the Rockets for several young players, including names such as Shin Kyung, Jaylen Green, and Jabbarry Smith Jr. [It is obvious that this is the key to why Stone refused to reach a deal with the Suns]

In the podcast of Venhorst and McMahon, McMahon also revealed: I think the Rockets really wanted to trade for Durant at the beginning. They thought they could trade for him at a very reasonable cost, but the Suns felt that it was not a reasonable return.

The teams Durant wants to go to are the Rockets and the Spurs. The Spurs have clearly withdrawn (the Suns think their chips are too poor), and the Rockets have also refused to pay a high price for Durant. The Timberwolves also have doubts about introducing Durant. I wonder if the Suns management has miscalculated the real price of an old gun that is about to be over 36 years old.

If Durant's final next player is really the Heat, then the Suns can only recover one first-round pick, because the Heat only has one first-round pick to trade this summer.

Text/Yan Xiaobai: KD Observation