Utah Jazz Receive: G/F Ben Simmons, F Day’Ron Sharpe, G/F Cam Thomas, 2022 BKN First-Round Pick via PHI

Los Angeles Lakers Receive: G Donovan Mitchell

Brooklyn Nets Receive: G Russell Westbrook, 2027 LAL First-Round Pick, 2029 LAL First-Round Pick

Of course, since the Los Angeles Lakers are so short on assets, bringing in a third team into this deal would be mandatory.

The hope here would be that Kevin Durant would want to reunite with Russell Westbrook enough to convince his Brooklyn Nets to swing a deal for his old friend and his accompanying $47 million salary.

As insurance, the Nets also receive two first-round picks from the Los Angeles Lakers to either ensure their future post-Kevin Durant or to use in future deals to continue to improve the team.

If any squad is going to be willing to take on the last year of Russell Westbrook’s contract, it would have to be the Brooklyn Nets and almost solely due to Kevin Durant’s influence.

The former star duo recently made amends publicly following a soap opera-worthy fallout when Durant initially left Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder via free agency in 2016.

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This deal gives the pairing another chance at an NBA title together except this time with Kyrie Irving as the third wheel instead of James Harden.