Brooklyn Nets Receive: F/C Derrick Favors, 2023 First-Round Pick (OKC), 2023 First-Round Pick (LAC via OKC), 2024 First-Round Pick (OKC), 2025 First-Round Pick (PHI via OKC), 2025 First-Round Pick (MIA via OKC), 2026 First-Round Pick (OKC), 2027 First-Round Pick (DEN via OKC)
Oklahoma City Thunder Receive: F Kevin Durant
Let’s have a little talk about rebuilding, shall we?
Whenever it’s suggested that a bad team trade for a good player, the notion is quickly rebuked. Why would they do that, people ask? They’re rebuilding!
Listen: no NBA team wants to rebuild. Sometimes, they have to. There’s no rule specifying how long they have to take to do so.
Sometimes, teams skip the long, arduous process of building through the draft with a trade.
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Of course, there is some logic in the counterargument. Making a trade that forfeits so many of your future assets for an aging player without a good core around him is a risky endeavor.
The Thunder could add Durant ahead of 2022-23, and they still wouldn’t be in contention for the title. Would they?
