On Sunday, the Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets agreed to a trade, swapping Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the tenth overall pick, and several second-rounders for Kevin Durant.
While the trade certainly makes the Rockets better in the short term, they were not the only team interested in adding KD. The San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, Toronto Raptors, and New York Knicks were also included in rumors.
It was revealed last week that Durant's preferred landing spots were Houston and San Antonio, although the Spurs, according to Phoenix-based journalist John Gambadoro, never submitted an offer, indicating that the interest in pairing Durant with Victor Wembanyama was one-sided.
Fans crawled out of the woodwork to lambast Gambadoro, saying that Brian Wright indeed did make a deal, although it was such a lowball that the Suns never engaged in serious talks.
If you ask us, that's all semantics.
If the Spurs did submit a weak offer and the Suns shut down further talks, or if the Spurs never submitted an offer to begin with, it doesn't really matter, as either reality simply points to the Spurs not being interested in Durant to begin with.
It would have been very easy for San Antonio to beat the final offer the Rockets made, and they chose not to. Given that Durant is in his late 30s with an extensive injury history and is on an expiring contract, it makes sense that the Spurs' interest would be limited. Houston is a season or two ahead of the Spurs and was able to pull the trigger on the deal, and the Spurs know exactly where they stand.
Expect San Antonio to prioritize the draft and low-cost free agents this summer as they continie to build slowly and methodically around Wembanyama.
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