Brian Windhorst won't rule out shocking outcome for Kevin Durant

The Phoenix Suns have reportedly not been able to find a team to meet their asking price in a potential Kevin Durant trade, and Brian Windhorst is not ruling out one unexpected outcome.

Windhorst discussed the ongoing Durant trade talks during a Tuesday appearance on 850 ESPN Cleveland Radio. He said the Suns have been in “a real staredown” with teams that have interest in Durant.

The ESPN reporter also said Phoenix is not going to get a massive haul for Durant just because the Memphis Grizzlies got a package that included four first-round draft picks when they traded Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic over the weekend.

In fact, Windhorst says he would not be shocked if the Suns wind up having to keep Durant.

“The teams that Durant wants to go to, Houston and San Antonio for example, they’re leery of paying a huge amount for a 37-year-old,” Windhorst said. “Their whole teams are in their early to mid-20s. So, you don’t have alignment in making everybody get on the same page — what Durant wants, what the Suns need, what teams want to pay with the contract. I would not rule out the Suns not being able to get a trade they like and having to make a decision, like, ‘Do we not trade him at all?'”