{"id":69193,"date":"2025-06-12T06:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69193"},"modified":"2025-06-12T06:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:43:38","slug":"heat-expressed-interest-in-190-million-star-blockbuster-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69193","title":{"rendered":"Heat &#8216;Expressed Interest&#8217; in $190 Million Star Blockbuster Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2180638223-e1749674534989.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2180638223-e1749674534989.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2180638223-e1749674534989.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2180638223-e1749674534989.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Heat 'Expressed Interest' in $190 Million Star Blockbuster Trade\" width=\"780\" height=\"436\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Miami Heat president Pat Riley is open to trading for an aging star. Can they land Kevin Durant?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Miami Heat are one of the five teams that have expressed interest in a Kevin Durant blockbuster trade this summer, ESPN\u2019s senior NBA insider Shams Charania reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Charania reported that talks between the Phoenix Suns and Durant\u2019s business partner, Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman, have escalated this past week.<\/p>\n<p>They have met \u201cmultiple times over the past week and are sifting through trade scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeams that have expressed interest in Durant, sources said, mainly feature the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks. Several wild-card suitors have made inquiries on Durant in the past seven to 10 days, sources said,\u201d Charania wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat are lacking a bona fide star after Jimmy Butler left them at the trade deadline. They were one of the teams with which Durant had mutual interest with, Charania reported in April.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Heat Urged to Make Kevin Durant Trade<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5385582\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1971625757-e1749675030524.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Heat 'Expressed Interest' in $190 Million Star Blockbuster Trade\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5385582\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5385582\">Getty Terry Rozier of the Miami Heat drives against Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith has urged the Heat to trade for Durant following their lackluster finish to a tumultuous season. The Heat got swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_wjh1cca35\">\u201c[The Heat] need all the help they can get,\u201d Smith said on ESPN\u2019s First Take. \u201cThey need a No. 1 option, they can play defense, and Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo ain\u2019t no scrubs. They just need a No. 1 option. That wasn\u2019t Jimmy Butler. We love him, but that wasn\u2019t him. That\u2019s KD. He\u2019s gonna give you 27 a night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_wjh1cca35\">The Heat could interest the Suns with a potential package led by promising center Kel\u2019el Ware and Andrew Wiggins or the expiring salaries of Terry Rozier and Duncan Robinson and draft capital. The Heat have three tradable first-round picks (2030, 2032 and this year\u2019s 20th first-round pick via Golden State Warriors) and two second-round picks to use in any trade this June.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_wjh1cca35\">If they successfully acquire Durant, it will be interesting if Heat president Pat Riley will give the two-time NBA Finals MVP a two-year, $112 million max extension that Butler did not get, which led to his trade demand.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_wjh1cca35\">Durant is owed $54.7 million next season and is on the final year of his current four-year, $190 million contract.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Pat Riley Open to Trading for Aging Star<\/h2>\n<p>Riley referenced to the Golden State Warriors\u2019 gamble on Butler that paid off when it comes to pursuing an aging star.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_exh5gvce0\">\u201cI think if you take a look at the Warriors, with Draymond [Green], Steph [Curry] and Jimmy, you\u2019ve got three 35, 36, 37 guys,\u201d Riley said during his end-of-season press conference. \u201cIt\u2019s a perfect time for them.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_haj65ls0q\">\u201cI think an aging great, great player who may not be able to carry a team, together they can rise to the occasion in the playoffs. Steph\u2019s injury might hurt them [the Warriors] a little bit, but I saw something very unique with that team. For us, yes, if that player is the right name and the contract is the right length, I still think that an aging player can play. Look at LeBron [James].\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_haj65ls0q\">Durant, who will turn 37 this September, is still among the elite players in the league. The 15-time NBA All-Star averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 62 games.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_haj65ls0q\">Charania highlighted that Durant\u2019s historic performance at despite his advancing age \u2014 averaging at least 25 points, 50% shooting and 40% on 3-pointers in three straight seasons, the longest streak ever in the NBA, according to ESPN Research. He shot a league-best on jumpers (49.7%) and midrange shots (53.1%) which makes him a best bet to age gracefully in today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Alder Almo is a basketball journalist covering the NBA for Heavy.com. He has more than 15 years of experience in local and international media, including broadcast, print and digital. He previously covered the Knicks for Empire Sports Media and the NBA for Off the Glass. Alder is from the Philippines and is now based in Jersey City, New Jersey. More about Alder Almo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the latest insights on the Miami Heat and their pursuit of Kevin Durant. 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