Durant has already issued an ultimatum to Nets owner Choi Chongxin this week, asking him to trade himself out as soon as possible. But the Nets' asking price for Durant is very high, and teams such as the 76ers and Celtics can't come up with chips to impress them.
So it's very difficult for the Nets to make a Durant deal with a team one-on-one, and they have to pull in a third-party team to have room to operate.
Recently, Greg Swartz, a columnist of the well-known American sports media "Open Air Stand", wrote an article breaking the news: The Heat and nets pulled the Pacers into the Durant trade and became a third-party team, let's take a look at the specific situation!
The Nets, Heat and Pacers made a three-way 7-man trade
In Greg Swartz's report, the Nets, Heat and Pacers are brewing trades involving a total of seven players and three first-round draft picks, and the complete plan is as follows:
The Heat sent out Adebayo, Taylor Hiero, Duncan Robinson, Nikola Jovic, 2023 &2027 &2029 Heat unprotected first-round picks, back to Durant and Miles Turner
The Nets sent Durant and Ben Simmons to get unprotected first-round picks from Adebayor, Taylor Hiero, Duncan Robinson, Nikola Jovic, and the 2023 &2027 &2029 Heat
The Pacers sent Miles Turner to Get Ben Simmons
Win-win, each team takes what they need
In my opinion, this deal, while involving a lot of players and draft picks, is a win-three deal for the Heat, Nets and Pacers, with each of the three parties taking what they need.
Durant joined the Heat and sent Adebayor away without a loss
In fact, the Heat and the Nets have also had preliminary communication about Durant's trade before, but Pat Riley has always been reluctant to put Adebayo into the trading chip, because if Adebayo is sent away, then the Heat's inner line is equivalent to no combat effectiveness.
But the three-way deal solved the problem, as the Heat sent Adebayor back not only to Durant, but also from the Pacers to Turner.
Turner has always been a premium pie+ rim-guarding center in the East. Compared with Adebayor, his static talent is even better, with a height of 2 meters 11, an arm span of 2 meters 24, and a weight of 113 kilograms. He averaged 29.3 minutes per game for the Pacers last season, averaging 12.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.8 blocks, shooting 50.8 percent from the field, making him the league's biggest blocker! Not only does he have a job on the defensive end, Turner can also pull out and shoot three-pointers, making him the perfect center in today's small-ball era.
His joining can make up for the loss of Adebayo's departure, assistIng Butler and Durant, plus Lowry, Oladipo, Strus, Correb Martin, Vincent and others, this core lineup is very competitive in the East!
Simmons and Turner swap owners
Last year, the Pacers had an interest in Ben Simmons and wanted to trade Brogdon for it, but it didn't work out.
Next season, the Pacers will completely rebuild around The Halliburton as the core, and Turner is not in their future team building plans, so in this three-way deal, the Pacers sent Turner back to Simmons, which is a limit 1 for 1.
Simmons successfully underwent back surgery this offseason and is recovering well and has begun training. He has 3 years left on his contract, and although his individual offensive ability is not good, Simmons' organization and defense are still at the top level of the league, and with his partner and Halliburton in the backcourt, the effect will certainly be very good.
The Nets traded 2 for 7 to get back 4 players + 3 in the first round
The Nets sent Durant and Ben Simmons at the same time, but the chips were still very generous: 4 players + 3 first rounds, and successfully got Adebayo and Taylor Hiro.
Adebayor is probably the best player the Nets can get back with Durant, the 25-year-old center was named to the All-Star and All-Defensive Team last season and averaged a double-double of 19.1 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Meanwhile, the 22-year-old Hiro just won the best sixth man last season, averaging 20.7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and after he joined the Nets, he can partner with Irving to start the backcourt.
Duncan Robinson's contract is a bit big (80 million in 5 years), but he is the best no-ball three-point shooter in the league, Jovic said is the talented forward selected by the Heat in this year's draft.
With Irving basically already determined to stay next season, plus Adebayor, Taylor Hiero and others, the Nets still have the hope of continuing to impact the playoffs in the new season, rather than directly tearing down and rebuilding.
The Nets also got three unprotected first-round picks from the Heat, which also gave them a lot of room to operate.
What do you think about this three-party deal and feel feasible for any? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area at the bottom of the article and discuss it with me!