Brooklyn Nets Receive: G Jamal Murray, F Michael Porter Jr., 2028 First-Round Pick (Swap – DEN), 2029 First-Round Pick (DEN)
Denver Nuggets Receive: F Kevin Durant, G/F Joe Harris
We already mentioned the two main ways a player can lose trade value – via injuries or trade requests. Obviously, those two reasons are vastly different.
An injury is unavoidable. Any player would avoid them if they could. Unfortunately, some players have a much easier time doing so than others.
By contrast, a trade request is, in theory, entirely avoidable. Still, they’re commonplace in the NBA.
If a star player grows tired of their situation, they’ll typically force their way into a new one.
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Kevin Durant is in the latter camp. Michael Porter Jr., a much young player who’s drawn frequent comparisons to Duran, is in the former one.
Could it make sense for their two teams to swap problems?