Former Warriors 2-Time Champion Kevin Durant Predicted to Request a Trade
Since Kevin Durant left the Golden State Warriors after the 2018-19 season, the all-time great hasn’t found success in terms of winning a championship. The Warriors won without Durant but are now entering a tough period after losing in the Play-In Game last season and the second round the year prior.
Durant’s Phoenix Suns team was eliminated in the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves last year. The Suns are also a heavy second-apron team and have limited ways to improve their roster, which could eventually become an issue.
Due to their limited improvement opportunities and worries about staying healthy, Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report predicted that Durant would eventually request a trade.
“Sure, the Suns had some injury issues this past season, but that’s been a red-flagged concern since they first brought Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal together,” Buckley wrote in his July 15 column exploring five players who could ask for a trade.
“Unless Durant is a glass-overflowing kind of optimist, he could easily be worried about more injury obstacles down the road. Even this core is healthy, though, it might not be good enough to escape the perpetually improving Western Conference, let alone have enough left to knock out whoever escapes the East.
