Suns lower Durant s trading asking price because they have no advantage in negotiations and cannot compare to James

On June 18, Suns reporter Duane Rankin reported that the Suns were in a difficult position in Durant's trade negotiations and had no advantage. The Suns are already known to the league for selling Durant everywhere, mainly to make deals with the Rockets and Spurs and try to get more draft picks. But the Rockets are not in a hurry to get superstars now, which makes the Suns unable to get more bargaining chips in the Rockets' trading negotiations.

Reporter Duane believes that the Suns are at a disadvantage in Durant's trading negotiations: 1. Durant is older, which affects his trading value to a certain extent; 2. Durant himself is eager to play in a new team and is unlikely to return to the Suns because the Suns have been selling him. This makes the Suns lack enough initiative in all negotiations to get more bargaining chips. Especially in negotiations with the Rockets, the Rockets returned to the playoffs, the team's lineup was young, and they still had patience and time, so the Suns had almost no initiative in trading negotiations. Although Durant is 36 years old, he is still in very good shape and his scoring ability is still online. This season's regular season, Durant averaged 36.5 minutes per game, scoring 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists, shooting percentage of 52.7% and three-point shooting percentage of 43%. Also affecting the value of Durant's transaction, the transaction has obtained his team, and may only have one year's right to use it. Therefore, even though the team lacks shooting ability to stabilize players and key ball handling personnel, Rockets Management still does not want to give too many chips to trade.

Durant's scoring ability is his biggest advantage, but it is difficult to realize the idea of ​​Durant's playoff team. At present, there seems to be no shortage of players in the league's playoff teams except for the Rockets who need shooting ability. As for the teams that are being rebuilt, they will basically not consider using Durant for a year unless they are teams that want to free up their salary space.