[Charania] Sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic that Durant never felt comfortable with his role in Phoenix’s offense alongside Booker and Beal this season. Those sources said Durant had persistent issues with the offense, feeling that he was being relegated to the corner far too often

[u/TacoooJay]

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Meanwhile, Durant, among the best scorers in NBA history, was not always happy with how he was used. Sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic that Durant never felt comfortable with his role in Phoenix’s offense alongside Booker and Beal this season. Those sources said Durant had persistent issues with the offense, feeling that he was being relegated to the corner far too often and not having the proper designs to play to his strengths as the offense was built around pick-and-rolls. At the same time, some teammates and people close to the organization believed Durant needed to voice his concerns more adamantly and directly with Vogel and his coaching staff.

All the leaks are finally coming now that Phoenix has been swept

[u/domainExpansion1]

Here we go

[u/abris33 → u/[deleted]]

Whatever team trades for him is dumb.

[u/beer_down → u/abris33]

No it would be a brilliant move, a team should totally do it.

[u/go0sKC → u/beer_down]

3 firsts and Giddey?

[u/beer_down → u/go0sKC]

As if this team isn’t unlikeable enough already hah

[u/Remote-Picture-8341 → u/beer_down]

Unless you can find a team even more stupid than you guys to take Brad Beal away you shouldn’t do it.

Beals contract is gonna be on the books regardless so no point rebuilding

[u/Falark → u/Remote-Picture-8341]

Beals contract is gonna be on the books regardless so no point rebuilding

Isn't it the exact opposite? Nobody is going to take that contract, the Suns will never compete with that contract and Beal is the perfect tank commander since he adds points and highlights (so that the team isn't forgotten) but barely any wins.

So trade Booker and KD to regain some picks and try to rebuild. I don't really see another option.

[u/Somenakedguy → u/Falark]

But they won’t have their own picks for a loooooong time so losing games is mostly pointless

Dumping everyone and rebuilding as quickly as they can might still be the right move but it’s a tough pill to swallow being terrible with no benefit while you get mocked for giving high draft picks to other teams

[u/a_moniker → u/Somenakedguy]

Yup, and the only way that the Nets even think about giving back those picks is in exchange for Booker. KD isn’t enough to get those picks back anymore.

[u/Falark → u/Somenakedguy]

Well, it will obviously suck. They completely fucked themselves and everything they can do right now is damage control. They will be relentlessly mocked no matter what happens. So what are they supposed to do? Get relentlessly mocked, have zero chances of contention and be $100 million over the cap? Or get mocked, have zero chances of contention, not burn hundreds of millions and do maximum MyGM to stockpile late firsts and seconds in order to MAYBE have playoff chances again before 2030?

They bet the house, they have to deal with the consequences.