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Rate the Trade: Kevin Durant to the Knicks

Could the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks shock the NBA with this trade?

Joey Linn

Rate the Trade: Kevin Durant to the Knicks
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The Brooklyn Nets are trying to salvage what felt like an inevitable disaster just a few weeks ago. Dealing with a head coaching search, Kyrie Irving drama, poor play from Ben Simmons, and the pressure of pleasing Kevin Durant, Brooklyn looked to be speeding towards the reset button.

Having now settled on a head coach, made strides towards a Kyrie Irving return, and gotten some more encouraging play from Ben Simmons, perhaps things have begun settling down. That said, even if things in Brooklyn do not continue being as drama-filled as they have been, this group has not shown the ability to compete at the level necessary to win a championship. Perhaps that changes as well, but for now, another rebuild in the near future is not unrealistic to predict.

Because of this, trade packages for Kevin Durant are once again being discussed, as the star forward has once again been dominant this season. Should he revisit his trade request from over the summer, Bleacher Report's Eric Pincus put together some realistic landing spots, and one is the rival New York Knicks.

In this hypothetical trade, Durant heads to New York in exchange for some combination of New York's future first round picks and young players like Obi Toppin, Immanuel Quickley, Quentin Grimes, and RJ Barrett, assuming Brooklyn isn't turned off by his recently signed contract.

For a player of Durant's caliber, this seems like a very poor trade, even with the amount of draft choices New York could sweeten the deal with. It is understandable why New York would be on this list, but it is hard to see a Durant deal going down this way.

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Joey Linn
JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn32@sbcglobal.net Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis, insight, and reporting Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Receiving a media credential during the 2021-22 season, Joey has experience interviewing NBA players, and developing exclusive stories from these interviews. Having appeared on several different NBA podcasts over the last four seasons, Joey is now hosting his own podcast for The Sporting Tribune. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Now graduated, Joey is covering the NBA full-time across multiple platforms. Credentialed by the Clippers, Joey covers the team daily with articles, podcasts, and video breakdowns on YouTube. With four years of sports media experience, Joey provides expert insight and analysis for NBA fans across the league.

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