It’s an NBA trade deadline sports fans will remember for a long time, with Kyrie Irving moving to the Dallas Mavericks earlier in the week and Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook both dealt on Wednesday. Three future Hall of Famers on new teams. Wow!
André Snellings broke down the Irving-to-Dallas deal, so check that out if you haven’t already, and here are Snellings and Eric Moody with more on Durant, Westbrook and the other trades leading up to Thursday’s deadline.
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The Suns get Durant
Suns receive: Kevin Durant, T.J. Warren
Nets Receive: Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, four unprotected future first-round picks
For the second time in half-a-week, we’re in this space talking about the Nets giving up an All-NBA player for a package of productive younger players and draft picks. This time, the player the Nets traded is Durant, the former MVP and a consistent best-player-in-the-league candidate for over a decade. By trading away KD, the Nets have fully embraced the…