NBA Trades: 4 Kevin Durant trades for the Brooklyn Nets to consider

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NBA Trades: 4 Kevin Durant trades for the Brooklyn Nets to consider: Boston Celtics

Celtics receive: Kevin Durant

Nets receive: Jaylen Brown, Grant Williams, Payton Pritchard, 2023 1st-Round Pick, 2025 1st-Round Pick, 2024 1st-Round Pick (Swap)

Outside of Bam Adebayo being included in a Heat deal, Brown might be the best player Brooklyn would potentially receive in any Durant deal around the league.

But similar to Adebayo, it would be a question of whether or not the Celtics are willing to give him up. He’s only 25 years old and they are coming off of a successful Finals run (where they swept Durant in the first round).

And just like the Suns deal, there’s a chance that the Nets ask for Robert Williams in this trade. But again, it would be a matter of a bidding war, and whichever team bit first and threw in extra assets would likely win.

In this trade, the Nets would be getting their new face of the franchise in Brown, as well as two young pieces in Williams and Pritchard, who could potentially grow into something more. They’d also get some first, obviously.

For the Celtics, this would be their chance to put another true superstar next to Jayson Tatum in hopes of winning a title next year (or in the following years of Durant’s contract).

Again, this trade is just like the Miami one. It would be the Celtics giving up their future (outside of Tatum) in an attempt to swing for the fences.

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