After yesterday’s report from The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach revealed some of the Celtics parameters for a possible deal for the Nets’ Kevin Durant that included not trading for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and balking at a package of Brown, Marcus Smart, and picks, NBC Sports’ Kurt Helin has another dealbreaker:
There’s good reason for pessimism (on a potential KD trade). Durant’s ultimatum to Nets owner Joe Tsai did not light a fire under trade talks. If anything, it made it far less likely a deal gets done in the short term.