The Phoenix Suns will be the most interesting team to follow ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft. That all has to do, of course, with the Kevin Durant sweepstakes.
With no noise coming out of Milwaukee regarding a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade request, Durant has reassumed the position as the biggest fish on the market. Any team looking to bolster their title hopes sees few better ways than adding the Suns superstar.
Insiders have predicted that a deal involving Durant is expected to take place before the NBA Draft. This should mean the looming blockbuster trade will have plenty of implications on what the Suns can do on the night of June 25th.
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) and Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35).
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Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report offered a bold prediction regarding how Durant affects the NBA Draft experience for the Suns. The NBA writer believed the trade sweepstakes would lead to Phoenix getting a lottery pick in 2025.
"A number of teams make sense for KD even given his age (37 in September), with the Houston Rockets at the top of the list," Swartz wrote. "A potential deal would likely start with the Phoenix Suns getting their first-round pick back (No. 10 overall) and enough salary filler and young players to complete the trade."
The writer added, "We could also see the San Antonio Spurs (No. 14, not No. 2), Toronto Raptors (No. 9) or even New Orleans Pelicans (No. 7) make a run at Durant with their lottery pick as the foundation of a deal."
One way or another, Swartz sounded convinced that a selection in this year's lottery wound be on its way to Phoenix as a part of the Durant trade. This should give the Suns a great chance at beginning a soft rebuild in the desert.
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