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The Memphis Grizzlies were attempting to pull off a monster substitute earlier than the Feb. 6 time restrict, an NBA insider has published.
The Grizz successfully traded Marcus Good to the Washington Wizards lawful earlier than the time restrict, but ESPN analyst Bob Myers spilled the beans on Thursday about some other, powerful greater Memphis substitute attempt.
Myers seemed on ESPN’s “NBA Right this moment” program and let run that the Grizzlies tried to substitute for Phoenix Suns enormous establish Kevin Durant.
The 36-year-weak Durant, who is in year three of a four-year, $194.2 million deal, became as soon as reportedly wanted aggressively by the Golden Remark Warriors, a team that Durant expressed he had no desire to achieve to.
Per Myers, Memphis became as soon as additionally calling the Suns a few Durant substitute, an theory that KD additionally shot down.
“Memphis … tried on Jimmy Butler, they tried on Kevin Durant,” Myers mentioned.
“The sigh is … those guys mentioned no.”
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst interrupted Myers lawful after the Durant mention to signal to the TV viewers that Myers had lawful equipped breaking recordsdata.
“That became as soon as roughly lawful recordsdata that lawful got right here out of Bob’s mouth there about Memphis and Kevin Durant,” Windhorst mentioned.
Durant to the Grizzlies has been a theory within the ether since December, and had Phoenix entertained a deal, Good extra than seemingly would were shipped off to the Suns as a replacement of the lowly Wizards.
It be titillating to determine why KD would accept as true with disliked the premise of becoming a member of the Grizzlies, who also can accept as true with had a staunch shot at contending with him within the fray.
A enormous 3 of Durant, Ja Morant, and Jaren Jackson Jr. would were a in actuality dangerous core.
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