Who wouldn’t want to make a Kevin Durant trade? Durant is still a killer on the offensive end and hasn’t fallen off too much on the other side of the ball either. Any team that becomes the next Durant trade destination will be lucky to have him. You’d assume that’s why teams are looking to trade for him. One NBA scout, however, had a different reason why some teams may be eyeing Durant.
An anonymous NBA scout told Sam Amico of HoopsWire that some teams that want to trade for Durant just want to sell jerseys.
“Most teams that want him are teams that just want to sell some jerseys…At this stage of the game, though, he’s 36, 37 years old, I don’t see a real benefit in giving up much for him. He’s not leading anyone to the promised land anymore…A team could take him as a rental to move merchandise for a year, and that’s not a terrible idea. Just don’t mortgage the future. Anyone from that 35-and-over crowd isn’t worth it these days. Kevin Durant is part of that crowd now.”
We know one thing for sure: the three teams that Durant has named as preferred destinations want to win. So maybe this scout is talking about the Toronto Raptors, or some other team that won’t win much by bringing Durant in.
It seems crazy to believe that some Kevin Durant trade destinations are more interested in jersey sales than productive basketball.
For Durant, it won’t matter; wherever he goes, he will play hard and play well. He’s never done anything else.
More NBA: Suns trade idea brings former All-Star, enticing young center, picks for Kevin Durant