With NBA executives out of the oppressive heat of Las Vegas — and many off on vacation — the NBA free agency and trade markets have shifted down a gear in intensity.
Which is to say, it may take a while for the Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell trades to come together, Adrian Wojnarowski said on ESPN.
With Durant, there remain no offers close to what the Nets are seeking, Wojnarowski reports. Woj: "Brooklyn simply doesn't have a deal out there that's good enough to justify trading Kevin Durant with four years left on his contract.
They continue to talk to teams around the league but simply, no one is meeting that threshold." — ClutchFans (@clutchfans) July 19, 2022 Which may be okay with Durant if the goal with his trade request was to get his friend Kyrie Irving traded.