Windhorst latest on Lakers & Heat BLOCKBUSTER Trade after Kevin Durant signs with Houston Rockets

Windhorst latest on Lakers & Heat BLOCKBUSTER Trade after Kevin Durant signs with Houston Rockets

houston we have landed KD and now Houston going to be a problem let’s take a look back at all the times he flipped the NBA on its head 4th of July 2016 KD announced he was heading to the bay golden State went on to dominate winning backto-b titles and reaching three straight finals then June 30th 2019 Katie and Kyrie teamed up in Brooklyn james Harden joined the next season championships about right now didn’t go so well nets never even made it to the conference finals then February 9th 2023 Katie traded to the Suns midseason they reached the semis then they added Bradley Beal that summer championships no no that didn’t work either they never made it out of the first round and then yesterday he was traded to the Rockets average 25 a game for four teams already an NBA record he’s looking to make it five here’s the easy money sniper first reaction to hearing the news anything can happen at Fanatic S like me getting traded but being part of the Houston Rockets I’m looking forward to it crazy crazy last couple weeks but I’m glad it’s over with and you knew before right i had an idea but I didn’t know exactly when it was going to happen you know when people could just hang your career in the balance like that and just choose what they want to do with your career is a reconfilling but being able to uh kind of dictate what you want to do and then being with a team that values you and I’m looking forward to it did you have a hand on this most definitely i mean they asked me where I wanted to go some of my destinations I gave to him and here we are how dangerous are the Rockets going to be now won 50 plus games last year played a great season but all this stuff take time and work and effort and execution so we’ll see what happens he’s being humble 50 plus games last year and now they got him brian WH Danny Green back with us wendy it’s been a lot of scutle but around KD for weeks now the deal finally happened what led to the Rockets being able to be the landing spot for Kevin Durant yeah I think at the outset of this they were going to be very cautious because Kevin Durant is on a different age timeline than the rest of their team and they didn’t want to you know really exhaust their resources and their assets to get a player that wasn’t on the same timeline but as this process folded unfolded you know the teams that were not on Kevin Durant’s list you know backed away durant was able to control what happened in his career and at the end there was really only two teams in the bidding which was Miami and Houston and that did not lead to a bidding war instead the price fell it fell to a spot where Houston was comfortable they gave up two starter quality players and a lottery pick that was not nothing but they were able to retain some of their very valued uh young players and some of their valued draft picks going forward which gives them an opportunity to either develop those players or use those pieces in a in a large trade going forward so I think Houston basically thought the price was in a great spot for them and really gives them some ability to hedge going different ways while welcoming in a first ballot Hall of Famer yeah Phoenix did not seem to have a lot of leverage and Houston work that to a te danny with KD now what else does Houston need to add to become true championship contenders i just think they need to add some depth you know they need some guys that can come off the bench some 3D guys that can defend you lose Dylan Brooks you lose a lot of lockroom leadership you lose little edge and defensive capability so you need to find some defenders and you probably need to get a backup point guard it’s imperative they bring back Fred Van Fleet they need him he need his leadership i know they have a team option with that so they got to make sure they bring him back but they need some other guys that can stress the floor that can shoot cuz that was one of their weaknesses they weren’t able to shoot from the three consistent enough they have you know Stephen Adam has been Son inside so they get out rebound teams but they need to find some shooting and some defense with adding you know to make it easier for Kevin Durant yeah KD he’s great mid-range game threes he can hit them not really totally his game but still he can get it done they can bring in some more maybe to help him out now plenty of folks reacting on social media yesterday including another big star who might be traded yana to kumpo of the box lis has been allowed to talk about whether or not he might end up somewhere oh that was his response ss reported in May that Janis is open to considering playing for a new team for the first time in his career so back to Houston Wendy how does the Durant trade impact what might happen next in terms of players that might be getting moved or teams who may be active yeah so I would keep an eye with the draft now coming up in two days there’s several draft there’s three first round draft picks Ryan that have already been traded and there’s several more that could be on the block the uh Toronto Raptors have been looking to use the number nine pick to upgrade their roster in the short term they haven’t been able to find a deal for that yet but I expect them to continue to be active and a lot of teams are keeping an eye on the Boston Celtics um with Jason Tam out for next season or at least a big chunk of next season and a potentially historically high payroll there’s been some sense that the Celtics might look to offload some salary uh between now and the start of the new league year on June 30th so keep an eye on the Celtics over the next few days to see if they make a move like that that could you know you know offload some of that you know huge luxury tax bill that they’re facing without Jason Tom next season i love it when you got a draft coming up in a couple days and there could be a lot of moves danny what contender do you expect to be the most active in trying to get better for next season i think that Yan’s tweet was might have been a spell check i think he meant to say uh but I think you know his team I think Milwaukee could turn around the East is wide open i think Milwaukee’s a team i think Cleveland’s a team Philly but in the West I’m looking at the Lakers obviously Minnesota was close to they’re a team that could get active i feel like even though these teams lost and they lost in the first round minnesota lost Western Comers finals they seem to think that they’re like one piece away all they need is a center or a big or a couple centers and bigs in some depth they can make some things happen they already have a good core um they have great with greatness with LeBron and Luca and of course Austin Reeves that big three they’re really consistent they stay consistent stay healthy they have a really good chance and always in contention but they just need some depth so I’m looking at the Lakers making some moves and obviously those other teams and in East is wide open i think Yanis Milwaukee could be a team too even though he said I think he meant uh-oh uh but they’re a team that could turn around because the East is wide open i thought it was really just saying oh so it really is all right guys thanks Danny thank you so much Wendy we’ll be back with you in a bit this move put Houston in the conversation for title contenders next season it definitely puts him up near the top right you just want to see how it looks early on but him being in a familiar place with familiar coach already gives him the advantage right he’s been with F Udo he’s been with him in Brooklyn he’s been with him in the USA so he has that familiarity so as a player of his statue like just going into a situation where you know it’s going to be a lot of the same which you’re used to that’s a big thing right i think that he’s going to make he’s going to help make that push he’s going to help grow the younger players he’s just going to bring some you know more excitement into that team like they were a good team last year but obviously nobody had them winning now with the addition of Kevin Durant and not really losing most of their core pieces being able to go forward you know that automatically put them as one of the best teams in the West okay so where would you put them exactly because we know that the Western Conference is the toughest conference out of the two so where would you think that this puts Houston uh with them they was already a 2C uh obviously you got to give the respect to OKC for winning the championship so I’ll leave him as a two seed next year you know you you really have to wait and see how the rest of the rest of the the moves that being made in the summer plays out but right as we sit today I I will leave them as a 2C all right we’ll see what they’re able to do with KD next season kei thank you nba champions been crowned now NBA exec Dallas your job’s easy just pick Cooper Flag pride of Newport Maine is expect to be the first pick in the draft going to the Mavs following a stellar season at Duke as a freshman 19 points per game made it to the final four national player of the year but you know what get to know him better here’s Cooper Flag on Cooper Flag flag on attack [âm nhạc] pretty versatile player can do a lot of things i feel like my biggest strength is to impact the game in a lot of different ways he leads assist deals as well as rebounds i have a twin brother had another older brother named Hunter we would be in the driveway all the time playing oneonone more times not ended in a fist fight but yeah we’re always competing playing each other pushing each other to be better my mom was a000 points scorer in high school we used to play oneonone all the time in the driveway she used to be bigger than me back then when we would play um she used to beat me all the time and then sh up getting hurt in our last ever game we played against each other and I had never beat her before that and I was up by one technically 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Windhorst latest on Lakers & Heat BLOCKBUSTER Trade after Kevin Durant signs with Houston Rockets