There are "strong signs" that the Suns are seriously considering trading Durant this summer

The Suns, who have not played in the NBA play-offs this season, were rumored on the 2nd that they would have a high probability of trading Durant, a 15-time All-Star, this summer.

There's a chance that Durant will leave the Suns

According to veteran NBA reporter Stein, there are "strong signs" that the Suns are seriously considering trading Durant this summer, and that decision has nothing to do with who the team's new head coach is.

The Suns hired former Bucks championship coach Budenholzer this season, but only played a 36-46 record and missed the play-in tournament, and Budenholzer was fired at the end of the season. At present, it is rumored that the candidates for the latest round of head coach candidates are Chris Quinn (Chris Quinn) for Heat assistant coach and Jordan Ott (Jordan Ott) for Cavaliers assistant coach.

The Suns launched a four-way trade in 2023, sending Bridges, Cameron Johnson, and Crowder, and four first-round picks in 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029 and a first-round swap right in 2028 to exchange for Durant, but the team did not play well as expected, and in the three seasons that KD played, he went from the Western Conference to the first round, and there was no play-off this year.

The 36-year-old Durant is still one of the league's leading scoring machines, averaging 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 hot pots and 0.8 steals in 36.5 minutes in 62 games this season.