{"id":1547917,"date":"2022-07-11T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1547917"},"modified":"2022-07-11T06:52:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T10:52:07","slug":"kevin-durant-warriors-reunion-quieting-down-as-nets-remain-patient-in-trade-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-durant-warriors-reunion-quieting-down-as-nets-remain-patient-in-trade-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant-Warriors Reunion Quieting Down as Nets Remain Patient in Trade Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-durant-warriors-reunion-quieting-down-as-nets-remain-patient-in-trade-talks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1547917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 Having the entire NBA assembled in proximity hasn\u2019t appeared to kick-start the Nets\u2019 trade talks for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.<\/p>\n<p>The chatter around a Durant return to Golden State is dying down, with a Warriors reunion seeming more wistful than reality.<\/p>\n<p>While first ESPN and then The Athletic posited mutual interest in Golden State trading for Durant, now both ESPN and The Ringer have walked that back somewhat, tamping down any expectations.<\/p>\n<p>And Steph Curry, who won Finals MVP three weeks ago in leading the Warriors to their fourth championship in eight seasons, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/09\/stephen-curry-reacts-to-kevin-durant-warriors-trade-rumors\/\">addressed the Durant speculation without addressing the Nets star by name<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rumor mill and all that stuff is part of the nature of the NBA and league. You take it for what it is,\u201d Curry told NBC Sports Bay Area. \u201cYou know how quickly things can change, but I like where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Curry was speaking at the American Century Championship golf tournament in South Lake Tahoe, and appeared perfectly comfortable with his champs standing pat and not gutting their depth or mortgaging their future for Durant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/042522Nets081CW.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Kevin Durant<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Any deal for Durant would likely include not only a host of first-round draft picks and swaps, but \u2013 for salary matching purposes \u2013 Jonathan Kuminga, Jordan Poole, James Wiseman and Andrew Wiggins.<\/p>\n<p>Poole averaged over 25 points over the final few weeks of last season to carry Golden State when Curry was out, while Moses Moody poured in 34 points in Friday night\u2019s Summer League tilt vs. the Knicks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of confidence in that,\u201d Curry said of Golden State\u2019s young talent. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of optimism, a lot of energy, about where we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s well-chronicled that the Nets can\u2019t trade for Wiggins \u2013 on a rookie extension \u2013 as long as Ben Simmons is on their roster, because the latter is on the same type of deal. It would necessitate either moving Simmons, or constructing a three-team trade and sending Wiggins there for whatever assets they can get.<\/p>\n<p>These are the kind of talks that Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks and owner Joe Tsai will have with a host of other teams in Las Vegas, including Warriors GM Bob Myers and owner Joe Lacob.<\/p>\n<p>But right now, any deal for Durant \u2013 be it Golden State or anywhere else \u2013 are just at the talking stage, and likely the not-too-serious kind.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Warriors-Currys-Place-Basketball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Warriors-Currys-Place-Basketball.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Durant, right, and Steph Curry while with the Warriors.\" class=\"wp-image-22993350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Warriors-Currys-Place-Basketball.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Warriors-Currys-Place-Basketball.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Warriors-Currys-Place-Basketball.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Warriors-Currys-Place-Basketball.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kevin Durant, right, and Steph Curry while with the Warriors. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou know what this answer is going to be,\u201d Lacob told the Athletic, \u201cwhich is, we will always look at any opportunities to make ourselves better. The question you have to ask is: better near term, better intermediate term or better long term?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome options to building the team, if we were to pivot in some way, some partial way, might give us an even higher upside near term, but might decrease the long term. So these are the things that [general manager] Bob [Myers] and the group all have to look at and determine what\u2019s the right path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are always \u2014 if it isn\u2019t the player you\u2019re referring to \u2014 there\u2019s going to be an \u2018X\u2019 player. It\u2019s the one thing about the NBA \u2026 It\u2019s just unbelievable how these things seem to happen every year. And we\u2019re always going to be looking to make our team better to try to win a championship. And if we thought it was something better to do for the team, we would do it. You know, we have to weigh short term, long term and all that. We have to weigh the financial obligations in both scenarios. But we will do all that and make the decision we feel is best.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>The Nets are still expected to look to move Durant before Irving, partly because the Lakers appear to be the only market for the point guard and also due to the possibility of having to take back Russell Westbrook\u2019s huge contract. The Lakers have so far been unwilling to part with even a single first-round pick, according to Substack.<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James becomes\u00a0eligible for his extension Aug. 4, and that deadline could start to put pressure on L.A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 Having the entire NBA assembled in proximity hasn\u2019t appeared to kick-start the Nets\u2019 trade talks for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. 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