Three-Team NBA Trade Idea Lands Suns’ Kevin Durant With Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are one of the three teams Kevin Durant wants the Phoenix Suns to trade him to. 

With that said, Dan Favale of Bleacher Report proposed a three-team trade that lands Durant with the Spurs:

Charlotte Hornets get: 2025 No. 2 pick, 2026 second-round pick (least favorable of Dallas, Oklahoma City or Philadelphia, via San Antonio), Minnesota’s 2028 second-round pick (via San Antonio)

Phoenix Suns get: Harrison Barnes, Keldon Johnson, Jeremy Sochan, Mark Williams, 2025 No. 14 pick, San Antonio’s 2026 first-round pick, 2027 first-round pick (second-most favorable of Charlotte, Dallas or Miami, via Charlotte)

San Antonio Spurs get: Kevin Durant, 2025 No. 4 pick

If the Spurs get Durant, they will have a lethal “Big 3” of Durant, Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox. 

“There are more straightforward constructions for the Spurs if they don’t view retaining Devin Vassell as a priority,” Favale wrote. “They should. His availability and play can be inconsistent, but he’s an ideal offensive complement to the trio of Durant, Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox. This deal consigns him to playing even more wing minutes, but that’s perfectly fine with Fox and Stephon Castle in the fold.

“This package is also far from everything. The Spurs are moving the No. 2 pick but still have a top-five selection, and the Dylan Harper fit alongside Fox and Castle is far from clean. If they prefer Harper to Castle, they can construct a framework that ships out the latter.”

Durant played in 62 games for the Suns this season. The 15-time All-Star averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists while shooting 52.7% from the field, 43.0% from 3 and 83.9% from the foul line. 

A four-time scoring champion, Durant has one year left on his contract. He’s open to signing an extension with the Spurs, who haven’t made the playoffs since 2019. 

One of the greatest players in NBA history, Durant has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets and Suns. He won the 2014 MVP Award with the Thunder and back-to-back championships with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018. 

Durant turns 37 in September. 

“The soon-to-be 37-year-old arms the offense with another weapon who can generate shots from scratch, and he’s shined as a rim protector while playing the 4 or the 5 these past couple of years,” Favale wrote. “His arrival accelerates the Spurs’ timeline but doesn’t actually shorten it when they’re forking over what amounts to two first-round picks, Sochan and two rotation players who likely don’t factor into the bigger picture.”