You might say what would they get back? They could get back a trade exception where you would get a $35 million, basically gift certificate that they could then use to go get other players, which they’re going to need. They would love to do a sign-and-trade with the Nets. “Let’s say Kevin wants to go to the Nets. The Warriors are wide open to considering sign-and-trade scenarios. So in addition to offering him the five-year contract and hoping he will either stay with them, or be willing to rehab with them and then be traded. “The last thing that the Warriors want is for him to just go sign with the Nets, or sign with the Knicks. “I’m going to just be honest with you: my sense is that the Warriors are in a scramble mode to do anything that they can to either keep Kevin or not lose him for nothing.
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The Warriors are “scrambling” not to have Durant leave for nothing, something ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on “Get Up” Thursday ( hat tip Real GM). What is known is that, after nine months of being recruited through the media by various teams, Durant is intent on not being swayed by boardroom pitches.ĭurant may well not take meetings and just make his decision, or only meet with the team where he plans to sign, as LeBron James did last summer. Now that he has declined his $31.5 million player option with Golden State, Durant is preparing to mull over his choices with his business manager, Rich Kleiman, in New York. That’s something reported in a number of places, including by Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle.ĭurant has given his top four suitors - the Warriors, Nets, Knicks and Clippers - no indication of where he plans to sign, according to league sources. Which made headlines but was not a surprise, there are 6.7 million reasons he would do that even if he were staying in the Bay Area.Īside from that, there is no news. The only official news out of that bunker: Durant is opting out of the $31.5 million final year of his contract with the Warriors. Kevin Durant, his leg cast, and his business manager Rich Kleiman are in a virtual bunker in New York, plotting out the superstar’s next move.