I just looked it up. Durant is the only NBA player EVER to average at least 34 & 9 with 51/40/87 shooting in one season’s playoffs. Only player EVER.
If the Blazers sign Sharpe then in 30 days he can be traded and his $6million salary matches in a trade. Then the Blazers can send Bledsoe, Sharpe, Little, Winslow, and Keon to match Durant salary. Throw in 3 firsts and 3 pick swaps. That keeps Simons out of a trade, who provides value to the Blazers but would create hard cap restrictions for Brooklyn they wouldn't want. That also allows Hart to stay with Portland who is more of a limited upside role player for a contender, not as helpful for a rebuilding Brooklyn team.
I'm pretty sure that would be the worst offer they'd get for Durant, unless they believe that Sharpe is somehow not only the best player in this draft but the best player in the past 3 or 4 years.
Name one team that can offer a top7 pick in the draft plus 3 future firsts and 3 swaps? Most contenders don't have a ton to offer. Team still has to be able to contend after giving up assets for Durant.
Isn't the earliest we could off a 1st round pick in 2025? And that would take us removing current protections for the pick we gave to Chicago in the Larry Nance deal.
OKC. They own half the draft for the next 5 years. And honestly, SGA might be a better partner for Durant than Dame anyway.
I think Durant wants to boost his legacy and if he came to Portland and helped get us our first ring in nearly 50 years, that would do that.
Yeah I think you can rule out teams or stars that won a title, or made the finals. LAL, LAC, Boston, Milwaukee, Phoenix, GS. Durant isn't going to want titles discounted again as happened with him on the warriors. Then of course you can rule out teams with no chance, Detroit, Orlando, NYK, Indy, Sacramento, Houston, Washington, OKC, Spurs. I doubt he wants to go to Miami, Denver, Dallas, Philly, etc as either the franchise or current MVP level player gets the credit. Dame is about the perfect player with a long history or being good enough to help but also a long history of not good enough to win titles. Blazers franchise don't have history of winning titles. If Durant comes here and the Blazers win a few titles he will get more credit than other destinations.