Kevin Durant Pushed Suns To Acquire Bradley Beal

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Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant admitted to being vocal in the Bradley Beal acquisition during an interview with NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports. The Suns traded Chris Paul and Landry Shamet to the Washington Wizards for Beal.

“I just want to be aware on making decisions, who should be on the team, I give my suggestions and input and hopefully they take it in and value my opinion,” Durant said. “But if they don’t, I still come to work and do my job.”

The Suns now have a Big 3 of Durant, Beal and Devin Booker. Phoenix is expected to compete for the championship this season after acquiring Beal from the Wizards and Jusuf Nurkic from the Portland Trail Blazers.

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“Not just our team. I’d like to see how stuff is working behind the scenes because a lot of [stuff] moving, but that we don’t see from the surface level,” Durant said. “So I feel like I’ve always been interested in that side of the game. I think that they are involving the players and asking our input, which is cool.”

Beal didn’t play in the Suns’ first game of the season versus the Golden State Warriors due to a back injury. However, Phoenix still beat Golden State by four points. Durant finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds in 36 minutes.

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“I like the identity we’re building, I like the days we’ve been stacking,” Durant said. “We’ve got talent. That’s half the battle in sports is to have the talent. Now, it’s on us to put it together. I’m excited about the talent being bought in. I like what we’re doing, the attention to detail. We’ve got a good start, we just gotta see how it goes.”

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