02-06-2025, 09:23 AM
(02-06-2025, 09:10 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Yep, I really liked that PHX team earlier in the season. I am kicking myself I didn't properly factor in health and depth. I should have seen this coming. Probably not this bad though.
Durant will have a say in where he goes to. It will limit his market. I mean a team wouldn't give a huge offer if KD didn't want to be there. It will be interesting to see what happens there. There will be a few surprise bidders though.
I think several of up and coming teams like Houston, OKC, SA, Orlando (not best fit for KD, though) just to name a few will evaluate what they have through this years playoffs. Very realistically some of them will determine they need to be stronger and consider Durant as a missing piece. All of them can make a nice pitch for Durant ("you are the missing piece for the title") and all of them are able to easily construct nice offers without really hampering the team. On the other hand, there are also teams of his budding aging stars that will look for anything to try and stay competitive. Those teams have the contracts, but are low on assets.