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NBC Sports
21-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
NBA Trade Rumors Roundup: More Kevin Durant trade rumors, including Jrue Holiday involved in deal
While other NBA trade rumors are out there, the Kevin Durant trade talks cast a shadow over everything. It is the first domino to fall, just don't expect any action until at least Monday (nobody is going to step on Game 7 of the NBA Finals and risk the wrath of the league). Still, let's start there with this roundup of rumors. Jrue Holiday part of multi-team Durant trade? Kevin Durant is the biggest name on the trade market right now. Jrue Holiday might be second, but the Celtics need to trim their salary, and there are numerous reports suggesting that Holiday could be the player on the move. Could Durant and Holiday be part of one massive trade, not for each other but as the big salaries in a huge multi-team deal? Here is Zach Lowe from the Zach Lowe Show podcast: 'The focus, for me, is on Jrue Holiday. I think there are even — I've heard there have been at least very broad discussions of three-team Durant-related trades where Jrue Holiday is … moved somewhere.' Holiday ended up in Boston — where he was a key part of their 2024 title run — because he was part of a massive deal, the Damian Lillard trade. Could something like that happen again? Just something to watch, although it's a safe bet Holiday gets traded somewhere this offseason. Durant has controlled his trade market Durant has his list of preferred landing spots — Houston, San Antonio, and Miami — and to this point has done a good job controlling the market with that request. Durant has some leverage because he only has one year remaining on his contract ($54.7 million) and can refuse to sign an extension with a team, essentially making him a rental. ESPN's Brian Windhorst laid it out well on Friday's NBA Today (hat tip Real GM): 'His trade value is depressed because he's limiting his market. He is effectively doing that. He made it very clear he wants to have agency on where he finishes his career. He is, by doing that, depressing the market and forcing himself to a certain spot. That has been very effective so far.' The problem for the Suns is that those other teams know this. The Spurs are largely out of the running because they are not coming near the Suns' asking price and are not upping their offer (reportedly based around Devin Vassell). As previously discussed here, the Rockets are patiently waiting for the market to come down on Durant and the Suns to take their Jabari Smith Jr.-based offer. And as for Miami... Heat won't put Ware in Durant trade One sticking point in the Durant to Miami trade idea is that the Heat will not include 21-year-old center Kel'el Ware in the trade, report Marc Stein and Jake Fischer at The Stein Line. Without Ware — and with Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo understandably unavailable as well — the Suns will require multiple first-round picks to make this deal work, as they won't be thrilled with the players they are getting back. So far, these sides appear to be quite far apart on a deal, but talks are ongoing. Suns want 2025 first-round pick One of the things the Suns are seeking in return for a Kevin Durant trade is a high first-round pick, reports Mark Stein. That could include Toronto at No. 9 (more on them below), Houston at No. 10, San Antonio at No. 14 (although they seem unlikely to be a contender), Minnesota at No. 17, and Miami at No. 20. Whether any of those teams would include that pick remains a question mark. Jakob Poeltl not available in Durant trade The Toronto Raptors are on the outside looking in at this point in the Kevin Durant sweepstakes, but they remain interested and are still lurking around. It's not one of the teams on Durant's list of places he would sign an extension, but Toronto has been here and done that before, trading for Kawhi Leonard in 2018. What would a Raptors trade for KD look like? It would not involve center Jakob Poeltl, reports Michael Grange of Sportsnet in Canada. Grange notes the Suns asked about Poeltl at the trade deadline and were shot down then. He also explains the entire situation well, including the Suns using the Raptors as leverage. "[The Suns] are looking to recoup value after trading two quality starters, Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, along with four unprotected first-round picks, for just over two seasons of Durant that yielded a second-round playoff exit, a first-round playoff exit, and no Play-In appearance this past season. If the Raptors are presented as having a strong offer waiting in the wings, perhaps one of Durant's preferred suitors steps up with something richer, or a team like Minnesota — another team with interest that's outside Durant's list — sweetens the pot.' The Raptors know they are being used for leverage and don't want to play that game. Toronto, like everyone else, is looking at the East next season and seeing something relatively wide open — Indiana does not strike fear in the hearts of opponents — and wants to put together a team that has a chance of a deep playoff run. Poeltl will be part of that team. Teams interested in Cody Martin Interesting note: a lot of teams have shown interest in Phoenix's Cody Martin, Marc Stein reports, adding that he may 'very well factor into any direct or multi-team deal' for Kevin Durant. The 6'5" wing averaged 6.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in 15 minutes a night off the bench for the Suns last season. Just something to monitor. Wizards want to trade up in draft One rumor flying around is that the Washington Wizards, with picks No. 6 and 18, are looking to package those and maybe a player to move up into the top five in the draft and get a point guard (reporting via Grant Afseth). Ideally that would be Dylan Harper, but the Wizards don't have the juice to pry the No. 2 pick away from the Spurs. That has turned the focus to Jeremiah Fears. The latest NBC Sports Mock Draft has Fears going to Utah at No. 5, and if Ace Bailey slips out of the top four — a real possibility — that makes it more likely that Fears goes higher. Can Washington find a deal to move up one spot and get Utah's No. 5 pick? It's something to watch.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Warriors looking at Boston Celtics guard as trade option (report)
The Celtics offseason of uncertainty has begun after a stunning second round exit to the Knicks. Brad Stevens has a litany of decisions to make, facing a financial crunch while dealing with the aftermath of Jayson Tatum suffering a torn Achilles that will sideline him for at least the majority of the 2025-26 season. Just how the Celtics plan to retool around Tatum for next season and beyond is an open question, but other NBA teams are anticipating Boston being active in the trade market. One team that will be focused with great urgency on the present will be an aging Golden State Warriors squad that dealt for Jimmy Butler last season. Advertisement In an conversation on the Zach Lowe Show, former Warriors beat reporter Logan Murdock of the Ringer says he believes that the Warriors are looking at Celtics starting guard Derrick White as a trade target for them this offseason. 'Another guy for the Warriors to look at going forward is Derrick White,' Murdock told Lowe. 'I think that's something the Warriors are looking at right now. 'That's somebody who can play defense, can settle everyone down especially when you have a young group like that' Lowe acknowledged that a trade of White would be one of the several items that the Celtics could be considering this offseason. Advertisement 'I've talked about how depressing trading Derrick White would be for Boston and the sort of a dilemma they face in terms of how much of a reset do we really want to have and who we want to be back here when Tatum comes back?' Lowe said. 'Who has trade value in the interim and where Derrick White fits in that conversation?' White is coming off his best season in Boston during the 2024-25 season and is under contract for the next four years (including a player option after his extension kicks in this summer). He will make an average of $31 million annually over those four seasons, making him a relative bargain for his two-way play. The Warriors, like any other playoff team, surely would love to deal for White. However, Golden State does not look like a team that has the necessary trade assets to even make Boston considering parting ways with the 30-year-old guard. The movable parts of the Warriors' roster simply shouldn't have much value to a team like Boston. Brandin Podziemski is an intriguing young guard that's just 22 but is sharp downgrade from White from a defensive standpoint. Moses Moody has shown promise also struggled to find a consistent role in his four years in Golden State and isn't exactly cheap at $11 million per year. The Warriors do own all their first round pick from 2026-2029 but their odds of bottoming out at non existent as long as Stephen Curry is still active. Advertisement Would a package of Podziemski, Moody and first round trade capital be enough for the Celtics to move on from White? It's hard to envision them making that type of move without getting more of a blue chip prospect or high upside draft capital. Unless Boston's brass is very high on Podziemski, it's hard to see any kind of potential deal here. More Celtics content Read the original article on MassLive.
NBC Sports
10-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Pat Riley says of Heat 'I do think we do have to make changes.' Might that mean Durant?
Last season was the emphatic and overly dramatic end of the Jimmy Butler era in Miami. Without him, the 37-win Heat fought through the play-in only to have Cleveland show Miami just how far away from being a threat in the East they actually are. The Heat will not tear it down and rebuild, but change is coming, Heat president Pat Riley said in his end-of-season press conference. 'I do think we do have to make changes, Riley said. 'There's no doubt. There has to be some change.' What changes? That's not so easy to answer. This is not a team that is one move away from contending, unless that is a big and bold move. Miami would be one of the teams interested in Giannis Antetokounmpo if he asks for a trade out of Milwaukee, the Ringer's Howard Beck said this week on the Zach Lowe Show. Having interest and being able to outbid other teams that would have interest — Beck mentioned the two New York and Los Angeles teams, plus Miami, and Houston might be in the mix as well — are two different things. What about Kevin Durant? Miami, as well as Minnesota, are two teams expected to show interest in a Durant trade, Mark Stein and Jake Fischer reported at the Stein Line this week. Durant is a win-now player expected to work with the Suns to find a new home this offseason (and sign an extension with the new team). While Phoenix wants Houston to get into the mix, and the Rockets could use an elite shot creator to go with their young core, a league source told NBC Sports not to expect a Houston trade unless it is an absolute steal for them. That matches the buzz in league circles that Houston has a limited interest in Durant because he will be 37 next season and is not near the timeline of their young core. For Miami to make a Durant trade, it would have to give up All-Star guard Tyler Herro, plus Duncan Robinson and another player, plus a pick or two, and a third team would need to be involved (or maybe four or more). It would be a complex trade to put together, and it's fair to ask how much better the Heat would be at the end of the process. All of these moves would have to be done while keeping the Heat out of the luxury tax. Whatever path the Heat take this summer, do not expect a slow rebuild. 'It's a process, but I'm not going to deal with a long process. And nor is ownership,' Riley said.
