It feels like it was forever when the Phoenix Suns Kevin Durant traded on the missilesBut the players involved in that historic NBA deal are still more than a month away from making their official debut with their new teams. Durant could be good on the way to win his third NBA championship, while the Suns Banking on Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and Khaman Maluach.
Phoenix could have gotten more in exchange for Durant, even if he turned 37 later this month. However, what was done is done. The Suns hope that Green, the number 2 general choice in the NBA design, will turn into the star that the rockets thought he would be. Everyone already knows what kind of player Brooks is. As far as Maluach is concerned, he is not ready, but he could eventually be the starting center.
It is difficult to know what Phoenix will look like next season, but one thing is certain – the Suns are not a candidate. They are not near a competition. Durant’s actions was not a surrender to a rebuilding, but rather a means to offer financial exemption and to send KD to a team that was built to win a title.
Phoenix cannot get in tank mode because it has lost its future first round picks, so the Suns are on the benefit of Green.
Durant Trade is not well outdated and the season has not even started
Sending DURANT to Houston was no problem, but the only draft capital that the Suns received was the number 10 choice in this year’s design. If Green shows that he is more suitable for becoming a roller than a star, trade becomes even more a loss for Phoenix.
The first four seasons of Green in Houston were a roller coaster ride and it ended in a down note. During the first round play-off Exit from Houston this last season, he exploded 38 points in game 2, but Green followed that by an average of 12 points per game in the next four games. Consistency and efficiency are two areas where he has struggled.
Seeing how he will deal with his duties next season such as the assumed starting point guard of the Suns will be the start of a make-or-break period in Phoenix. He comes from a season where on average he had a career-high 3.4 assists per game, but still. He is not the playmaker who is Devin Booker, but maybe Phoenix does not want to overload the book. Maybe the green PG experiment will not last.
There are a lot of “how does this go?” Questions that circling for the suns, where Green is the largest.
Star transactions are usually riskier for the team that the star acquires than for the team that has traded the star. In this case, the suns are in a much riskier position. The rockets did not give up much to receive one of the best players in the competition history. Houston’s need for another maker was exposed in the play -offs and the Front Office responded by getting Durant.
If this trade ages as it seems to go, it will not end well for Phoenix.
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