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Would you give up a lot for Kevin Durant?

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Would you give up a lot for Kevin Durant?

The player is great. The age and contract are trouble.

Jul 1, 2022
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Would you give up a lot for Kevin Durant?

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BY HENRY ABBOTT
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The Ringer’s Dan Devine speaks for most of the NBA when he writes about the trade market for Kevin Durant:

Stars of Durant’s caliber rarely become available. Even at age 33, with an Achilles rupture in his rearview and just under 41,000 total minutes on his odometer, he’s one of the five best players on the planet—an MVP-caliber scorer and offensive engine who also happens to be 7 feet tall and capable of playing both point guard and center on a championship-level team. If the going rate for Dejounte Murray, a very nice one-time All-Star, is two unprotected first-round picks, another protected first, and a pick swap, then the mind positively reels at what kind of return Marks and Co. will demand for Durant, who just averaged a tick under 30-7.5-6.5 on .634 true shooting in his 14th season played, and who has four fully gua…

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