Kevin Durant Eyes Heat, Spurs, Rockets as Next Destinations

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00:00Sham Sharani had a tweet that said the Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, and Houston Rockets

00:04are 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant's preferred trade destinations out of Phoenix, sources tell

00:09ESPN. Those across the NBA have made aware in recent days that those are the three teams that

00:15Kevin Durant would like to commit to long term. If we look at Kevin Durant getting out of Phoenix,

00:20coach, like there are a couple teams involved that he likes, but I don't care what he likes,

00:24coach. Where do you like Kevin Durant, and what do you think his next destination should be?

00:31And it's funny because Mark Stein, who used to work at ESPN, just reported just now I saw that

00:35the Suns are not committed to sending him to those three landing spots of Miami, Houston,

00:41and San Antonio. Basically what it means is the Suns are going to try and get whatever the hell

00:45they can for him because they have really no draft capital, and they're a team that's really stuck

00:50going nowhere. So to me, you have to think about teams in the East and the West that are one,

00:57they think, one player away from making a move. Number one, I hate to say it, it's New York.

01:05Rich Kleiman is his agent. They want him for the Knicks for forever. Now, the rumor running around

01:11here in New York is the reason why New York is on Kevin Durant's list is the Knicks are turning around

01:15telling that they don't want to be part of the sweepstakes. That could be a negotiating tactic

01:20by New York. The interesting one that's come out as of late is Minnesota. Why? Because if you give

01:29them another bona fide sniper like Kevin Durant to go with Ant-Man, that is as lethal as a one-two scoring

01:36punch you have in the NBA. It also goes to the fact of how Kevin Durant is idolized by Ant-Man,

01:45and his relationship that he has with him. So I think it makes sense. But to me, if I am,

01:51if I'm Matt Ispia, I'm sending him out of the West. I'm sending him East. I mean,

01:57hello, Masai Ujiri? What you got over there? RJ Barrett and Drapix? No, go ahead. I'm sending

02:03you to Siberia. Because all Kevin Durant has done has dictated everywhere he's gone. And it hasn't

02:11worked out for him except for Golden State. Oh, by the way, a Golden State that he could have went

02:16back to during this year, but he blocked the trade because he wanted to go back there and be the

02:20running man again for Steph Curry. I don't know. All I know is that Kevin Durant's going to get moved.

02:25The Suns want to get a lot. But let's be honest, Donnie, on a $51 million expiring contract for a guy

02:31that's 36 and can't play a full season, you're not going to get the return that you think you're going to get.