Kevin Durant Reportedly Eyes Spurs, Rockets, Heat as Trade Targets

It’s starting to feel like we’re watching the end of another Kevin Durant era, and maybe the beginning of one last swing at a title somewhere new.

Durant has quietly circled three destinations where he’d actually commit long-term if traded, according to Shams Charania: San Antonio, Houston, and Miami. All three come with very different vibes and big questions.

KD still has one year left on his Suns deal, and that little detail gives him leverage.

“Durant has only one year remaining on his current deal and could elect free agency next summer if sent to a team he doesn’t like,” Yahoo Sports’ Jack Baer noted.

But Phoenix isn’t exactly bending over backward either. The Suns have reportedly let “six-to-eight interested teams” know they’ll do what’s best for them, even if it’s outside of KD’s wishlist.

San Antonio makes a lot of basketball sense on paper. Victor Wembanyama is the future. Add KD to the mix and you’ve got one of the league’s nastiest inside-out duos.

The issue being the Spurs are flush with young guards, De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, and holding the No. 2 overall pick in the draft. Giving up youth and picks for a 36-year-old Durant is tricky business.

Houston, meanwhile, just won 52 games. They’ve got vets and young talent. But again, a Durant deal means giving up some of those key pieces. Would Ime Udoka actually greenlight blowing up the long-term for one, maybe two years of KD?

Then there’s Miami, always lurking. The Heat might be the cleanest fit with a Jimmy Butler-sized hole already in the roster. The front office now has to ask whether a 36-year-old Durant will really fix the franchises’ long-term path.

One wild card: the Timberwolves. They’re interested but not willing to part with Jaden McDaniels, and according to the Star Tribune, a deal there looks “unlikely for now.”