{"id":52883,"date":"2022-08-22T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/where-things-stand-on-kevin-durant-and-donovan-mitchell-trade-talks-with-a-month-until-camp-shams-inside-pass\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T13:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T13:58:56","slug":"where-things-stand-on-kevin-durant-and-donovan-mitchell-trade-talks-with-a-month-until-camp-shams-inside-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/where-things-stand-on-kevin-durant-and-donovan-mitchell-trade-talks-with-a-month-until-camp-shams-inside-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Where things stand on Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell trade talks with a month until camp: Shams Inside Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s been two weeks since Kevin Durant reiterated his trade request to Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai in a face-to-face meeting and informed Tsai that he needs to choose between his 12-time All-Star player or head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks. It added a new dynamic to the biggest storyline of the offseason, an uneasy cloud that began to linger over the franchise when Durant asked out of Brooklyn on June 30. In terms of trade action, no deal is closer along at the moment, but a new suitor has emerged from the Western Conference.<\/p>\n
With NBA training camps set to open about a month from now, here is where things stand.<\/p>\n
The Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat remain among the most serious threats to land Durant because they have the types of pieces necessary to satisfy the Nets’ asking price in a deal for the two-time NBA Finals MVP. However, no one yet has met Brooklyn’s high price tag of an All-Star, other high-level players and draft picks \u2014 and conversations with those three front-runners have been non-existent recently. The Celtics offered All-Star Jaylen Brown, guard Derrick White and a first-round draft pick in July, according to league sources; the Raptors have refused to make Rookie of the Year Scottie Barnes available; and Miami has yet to seriously engage with a package around All-Star Bam Adebayo.<\/p>\n
The Philadelphia 76ers expressed recent interest in Durant while the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets also inquired with the Nets in late June and early July to gauge the price tag, according to sources. The New Orleans Pelicans inquired with the Nets on June 30 as well but deemed All-Star Brandon Ingram as untouchable, sources said. Also in the past month, the Atlanta Hawks offered John Collins, De’Andre Hunter and a draft pick for Durant, according to sources.<\/p>\n
None of those conversations gained much traction. Durant has four years and $198 million remaining on his Nets contract.<\/p>\n
One major complication to involving logical players in trade talks for Durant like Adebayo and Utah’s Donovan Mitchell is that they are unable to be acquired via trade by Brooklyn with Ben Simmons on the roster due to designated rookie extension rules.<\/p>\n
Recently, a new team has shown interest in Durant: the Memphis Grizzlies, league sources tell The Athletic<\/em>. Fresh off a 56-win season, the Grizzlies have made new inquiries to the Nets about Durant, those sources added. Memphis has five first-round draft picks available (four unprotected selections of its own and one protected via Golden State in 2024) to theoretically utilize in a trade as well as young players like Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane, Ziaire Williams, Brandon Clarke , Kennedy Chandler and David Roddy.<\/p>\n