GM on Kevin Durant trade: Everybody would love to have him but almost no one has enough to get him

Said another ranking front office person from another club when told of that concept, “Oh, I think they’d take KD in a heartbeat. They want to make sure they win more championships with the veterans they have. They want to squeeze more out of this core. “You never know what can happen down the line, so when you have a chance to win, you have to do everything you can to get it. Look at all the injuries they had to get over from the last couple of years to win this time.” -via Heavy.com / July 13, 2022

But as the Jazz simultaneously listen to Mitchell overtures, Utah does find itself in a similar situation to Brooklyn’s ongoing trade conversations around Kevin Durant. The Jazz won’t be inclined to move their All-Star centerpiece, who still has four remaining years on his contract, unless they receive a gargantuan package that could rival or even surpass Utah’s return for Gobert. The fourth year of Mitchell’s deal is a player option. Which teams can actually meet that price? Mitchell’s trade prospects are the latest illustration of how the NBA offseason is a complicated sequence of dominoes. -via Bleacher Report / July 13, 2022

The Heat, for example, have long been mentioned as one of the most eager suitors for Mitchell, but Miami also remains involved in the Durant sweepstakes. The Heat may not come away with either Durant or Mitchell, but they definitely can’t steal both. Miami has been unwilling to propose a trade for Durant that satisfies the Nets’ asking price because of the difficulty of the Heat also retaining adequate support around Durant and Jimmy Butler, sources said. -via Bleacher Report / July 13, 2022