Kevin Durant could find a new home in the days to come and the odds he may be rejoining the Eastern Conference are on the rise. Durant is working with his management and the Suns this offseason to find a new landing spot after two disappointing years in Boston.
Five potential landing spots were reported by Shams Charania of [ESPN.com](http://ESPN.com) earlier this week but now the focus is moving onto three teams according to Charania, including a Celtics rival.
“They’ve had 6-8 teams that have reached out and in the last 24-48 hours, the focus of the conversation have been on a few teams,” Charania said on the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN Friday. “The Houston Rockets, Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves. Those are the three teams where the focus for Durant lies.”
Durant, 36, has just one year left on his contract for $54.7 million so a potential extension could come as part of any trade. For that reason, Durant will have somewhat of a say in where he lands since the asking price the Suns could ask for may increase if Durant is willing to sign a new deal.
The Knicks were reportedly listed as a potential interested suitor earlier this week along with the Spurs but both of those teams haven’t had much buzz in recent days with Durant with several Knicks reporters indicating that New York is no longer pursuing Durant.
The Heat suffered an ugly first round loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers last season following their trade of Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors. They landed a first round pick and several rotation players in that deal but it would likely take some young talent (Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Nikola Jovic) along with draft capital and some movable salary (Andrew Wiggins, Terry Rozier) to land Durant in a deal.
Durant’s looming trade figures to be the first big domino to fall in the NBA offseason.
“I think it could be sooner (than a week),” Charania said. “Maybe in the next few days we could get some Kevin Durant trade action. There is some serious traction on conversation and trade scenarios with the Suns.”