Brooklyn Nets Receive: C Bam Adebayo, F/C John Collins, G Tyler Herro, G/F Justin Holiday
Atlanta Hawks Receive: G/F Ben Simmons
Miami Heat Receive: F Kevin Durant
There are trades, there are blockbusters, and then there’s whatever this trade is.
You’ll want to turn notifications on your phone off following this deal. As a matter of fact, maybe just throw it in the garbage altogether. In all likelihood, it’s not going to stop buzzing otherwise.
In other words, this would be a big deal. It would have ramifications across the National Basketball Association. Particularly, of course, in the Eastern Conference.
After all, this has at least two teams bidding to make dramatic improvements in 2022-23. The Miami Heat will be firmly in championship-or-bust mode having assembled an aging duo of Kevin Durant and Jimmy Butler.
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The Hawks won’t operate with the same urgency, but they’ll need to improve on their 2021-22 season to justify the moves they made this summer.
On the other hand, the Nets can’t hope to improve by trading Durant. Their hands are forced. Do they get enough back in this package?