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, the kind of contending team that would make a run at Durant, they are also armed with the assets to get him. Jaylen Brown is 25, an All-Star with two years left on his contract. Boston could include one or more role players and have a few more years of draft picks and/or swap rights to deal.to land Durant. Consider the landscape: Phoenix couldn’t make anything work while Deandre Ayton was a free agent, and—one that makes trading him anywhere impossible until Jan.
As good as the Celtics were last season, this team could be one injury away from getting bounced out of the playoffs early in the next one. Why would Durant want to play in Boston? As far as we know—and we know very little about this situation,a team Durant granted a meeting with in 2016, when Durant was a free agent. He has a strong relationship with Al Horford, who strongly considered signing with Oklahoma City in ’16 had Durant elected to stay there. He’s familiar with Ime Udoka, an assistant with Brooklyn during the ’20–21 season. And Durant wants to win. On paper, the Celtics may offer him the best shot.
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