The Brooklyn Nets are on the verge of history.
They’re expected to be part of a crazy seven-team trade that centers around the Kevin Durant swap from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets.
The Athletic’s Fred Katz reported Wednesday night that the Rockets’ Kevin Durant trade with the Suns is on the brink of involving seven teams in a massive trade. The five other teams reported to be involved are the Nets, Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves.
There aren’t expected to be unexpected twists here, but rather a combining of different deals into one place to align money and movement in an efficient way.
“In a would-be seven-team trade, there is an unprecedented amount of detail,” Katz writes. “Unfortunately, while a seven-team trade would make for a thrilling topic at a cocktail party, there haven’t been many unexpected developments in these negotiations. At least in the iterations of the deal discussed so far, most of the recognizable names are from trades that have already been agreed to and reported but not yet finalized.”
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The Nets are one of the lesser teams involved here, but they’ve obviously found a way to contribute that must land at least a small asset.
“The Hawks would be sending Clint Capela to the Rockets in what would become a sign-and-trade, league sources say,” Katz writes. “Durant would go to Houston. The previously reported return for him, including Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green, would go to Phoenix. Only five players who were in the NBA last season are being discussed in the current iteration of the trade, as of now: Durant, Brooks, Green, Clint Capela and Daeqwon Plowden, league sources say. The rest of the players being discussed are all from already-agreed-upon draft-night trades that are yet to be finalized and can’t be until July 6.”
Brooklyn actually has cap space, a weird place to be in the modern NBA, so that’s probably why they’re crucial here.
And if they’re in, it’s history. There’s never been a seven-team trade in league history, only six teams (last summer with Klay Thompson to Mavs) and five teams (2021 with Russell Westbrook from Lakers to Wizards).
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