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Durant refuses to join the Wolves! He wants to go to the Rockets but the Suns are unwilling to do so. There are only two teams left in the next home?

3:29pm, 19 June 2025Football

On June 19, the most sensational news in the league today was that the Lakers sold the team, and sold it to Mark Walter for 10 billion yuan, a veteran sports investor who has equity in the Dodgers and Chelsea. After selling the team, Walter also promised that Jenny Buss would continue to be in charge of the team, which was also surprising. It is understandable that Walter chose to let Jenny continue to be in charge. After all, he has no NBA operation experience and was just a small shareholder of the Lakers before, but why is Jenny Buss willing to continue to be in charge of the team?

According to the Lakers, one of the main reasons why Jenny Buss was willing to stay in office for several years was to allow the employees he hired to complete the contract. I have to say that my aunt is indeed conscience. Although she has been stingy in operation in the past few years, which has prevented the Lakers from reaching the expected height, she has not allowed the Lakers to reach the current Suns. She has reached an irreversible situation. Jenny Buss is not an excellent boss, but she is a good boss.

Speaking of the Suns, the current Suns boss can be said to be very passive, because Durant's trading has stagnated again. The Timberwolves previously provided good bargaining chips. Gobert, Devin, Shannon/Dillingham+ this year's first round pick, the Suns are very willing to complete the deal, but Durant does not want to. For this reason, the Timberwolves want to pull a third party to provide more bargaining chips to make the Suns heart-warming, but they still failed.

According to US reporter Matt Moore, the Timberwolves tried to pull the Suns and the Nets to complete a three-party transaction to get Durant. This transaction could have adjusted the three-party salary space and player contracts to achieve the goal of reshaping the team. Although the transaction content is not clear, there are speculations that Clarkston will be sent to the Suns, but Durant exercised his rights. He clearly stated that he was unwilling to play for the Timberwolves. This is very clear. He will not be traded to the Timberwolves.

In such cases, the Suns can't do it if they want to change the right chips, and the Suns are unwilling to send him to the team Durant wants to go to, such as the Spurs, and the Suns want Castle or the second pick, but the Spurs only want to complete the transaction for Kelden, Vassel, Barnes and the No. 14 draw. They don't want to give too much for Durant in the last year. Moreover, the Spurs have made a clear statement that unless there are super-giant players like letters entering the free market, they will not pay Castle or the second pick.

Durant is still interested in the Rockets, and the Rockets are also very cautious. They are afraid that Durant will affect the team's future, so they are only willing to give away Jaylen Green + multiple draft picks, but the Suns refused. They want the Rockets to add Jabbarry Smith and Shepard. If so, the Rockets are equivalent to sending three top three picks. They don't want to pay so much. The Suns want Shin Kyung and Amen were also rejected.

Now the Suns and Durant are in an embarrassing situation. The Suns don’t want to send him to the team that Durant wants to go, and the Suns don’t want to send him to the team that the Suns want to trade, Durant directly refused. Now, there are only 2 of the five teams that were interested in Durant at the time. In desperation, the Suns can only restart their transactions with the Heat. According to US media reports, the Suns recently conducted a background check on Wiggins, and the meaning is very clear, to check whether it is suitable for the team.

And now the Heat are also very smart. After Durant's trading is in trouble, they also intend to lower their bids. According to the Heat's reporters, the Heat are still willing to trade on Durant, but are unwilling to spend all their chips. The Suns will not give Hero or Adebayo. They only want to produce Wiggins/Dunro and some young players with trade value, such as Hax, Jovic, etc. Although these chips are not good, Durant is also interested in the Heat, so the Suns may want to try to increase the asking price.

There is another dark horse team that may eventually intercept Durant. According to Forbes Sports reporter Evan, the Raptors are the most proactive team in the Durant battle. They are regarded as a real dark horse. The reporter also said that the Raptors have provided three trading plans for the Suns, including directly exchanging Durant with Quickley + 9 picks, and may also use Barrett to send to a third party to add more assets.

The Raptors want to form a Samsung combination of Barnes, Ingram + Durant. To be honest, I think the Suns can consider such chips. After all, they have won young talents. Even if they don’t use them, they can consider continuing to trade in exchange for draft picks or suitable players. But I just don’t know whether Durant is willing to go. After all, the North is colder, and the Raptors don’t plan to treat him as a long-term partner. The team regards him as a mercenary, just like Leonard at the time.

I thought Durant's trade would be completed soon, but now it seems that it may take some time to wait. Having said that, what do you want to say about the current sun? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.

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