{"id":127413,"date":"2025-03-08T10:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=127413"},"modified":"2025-03-08T10:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T15:05:28","slug":"lakers-out-running-kevin-durant-trade-suitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/08\/lakers-out-running-kevin-durant-trade-suitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Not Among Kevin Durant Trade Suitors?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA is expecting movement among the stars this offseason, with Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant<\/a> widely believed to be on his way out of Arizona. To be clear, Durant doesn’t sound like wants to pack his bags. Nonetheless, the Suns are in a bit of a pickle<\/a>, and trading him may be their only way out.<\/p>\n

If so, there are five teams that are usually linked to the future Hall of Famer \u2014 the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Miami Heat, the Dallas Mavericks, the Golden State Warriors, and the Houston Rockets. However, there are three other teams that have been suggested as potential destinations as well \u2014 the San Antonio Spurs, the New York Knicks, and the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

It’s worth mentioning that there are conflicting reports<\/a> about the Rockets’ interest in Durant though. Furthermore, The Athletic insider Jovan Buha has thrown cold water on the idea of Durant landing with the Lakers.<\/p>\n

Lakers Not Among Kevin Durant Trade Suitors?<\/h2>\n

“I have not heard anything about the Lakers being interested in Kevin Durant,” Buha says. “I think that might just be a situation where someone throws the Lakers out there to get some buzz with it.<\/p>\n

“For the Lakers, a hypothetical trade for KD would have to be something like Austin [Reaves], Rui [Hachimura], Dalton [Knecht], Gabe [Vincent], Maxi [Kleber], a pick, and a couple pick swaps. That’s a lot.”<\/p>\n