angel_ofthe_south
Veteran
If Jalen Green proves to be the player one hopes for, then the Kevin Durant-Jalen Green trade could later prove to be, for the Houston Rocks, a version of the Mavericks' Luka Doncic trade that is less obviously stupid for one team and one-sided in the other team's favor.
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Yes, I'm serious. The Mavericks lost patience with Doncic because of correctable problems and traded him for a much older, more injury-prone player player whom they might not even keep.
Similarly, the Rocks lost patience with Jalen Green after only a few years (if that much), and traded him to the Suns for a great but very old player with a questionable personality and history of chemistry issues. Durant is old enough that he could conceivably retire fairly soon. Green is young enough that the Suns could keep him for years if they want to, and one day make him Devin Booker's replacement.
The trade looks good for the Rocks now, because they're one of the best teams in the west; but what are the Rocks supposed to do if, within a few years, Durant retires while Green tears it up for the Suns? I guess the Rocks have gambled that Durant will win them a championship before he retires. The Blunder might have something to say about that, such as laughing and saying "We're better than you."
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Yes, I'm serious. The Mavericks lost patience with Doncic because of correctable problems and traded him for a much older, more injury-prone player player whom they might not even keep.
Similarly, the Rocks lost patience with Jalen Green after only a few years (if that much), and traded him to the Suns for a great but very old player with a questionable personality and history of chemistry issues. Durant is old enough that he could conceivably retire fairly soon. Green is young enough that the Suns could keep him for years if they want to, and one day make him Devin Booker's replacement.
The trade looks good for the Rocks now, because they're one of the best teams in the west; but what are the Rocks supposed to do if, within a few years, Durant retires while Green tears it up for the Suns? I guess the Rocks have gambled that Durant will win them a championship before he retires. The Blunder might have something to say about that, such as laughing and saying "We're better than you."
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