Suns Reportedly Eye Kevin Durant Trade Package 'Comparable' to What They Sent Nets

The Suns are planning to ask for a major haul in Kevin Durant trade negotiations this summer, though whether they receive any is another matter entirely.

"What I'm not sure of is how robust the offers are going to be," ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported Wednesday during NBA Today (4:54 mark). "From what I am told, the Suns are looking for a comparable package for what they traded to get Durant. Which is impact players and multiple draft assets. I'm not sure they're going to be able to generate that, because Durant is a couple of years older and his contract is shorter. So that's going to be something they're going to watch in the next couple of weeks."

The trade package Phoenix sent to the Brooklyn Nets for Durant and TJ Warren back in Feb. 2023 included Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four unprotected first-round picks (2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029) and a 2028 first-round pick swap.

It's hard to imagine the Suns getting anything close to that level of offer for Durant. He'll be 37 years old once the 2025-26 season begins, he only has one year left on his contract and he missed 20 games last season and 36 games in the 2022-23 campaign.

When healthy, yes, he's still very good. He averaged 26.6 points, six rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 blocks for the Suns last season, shooting 52.7 percent from the field and 43 percent from three.

There's a reason that teams like the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly interested in his services, per ESPN's Shams Charania, leaving Durant and his business partner, Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, "sifting through trade scenarios."

It's possible that Durant will agree to an extension with the team that trades for him, alleviating some of the concern that would have come with a potential one-year rental scenario. But the Spurs and Rockets, for instance, aren't going to massively break up their young core to add Durant.

Miami doesn't have the sort of assets to match the type of return that the Suns received for Durant, while neither Minnesota or New York will want to significantly disrupt their core group after runs to the conference finals this season.

So there will be a market for Durant, but not a "three good players and four unprotected first-round picks" sort of market.