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Heat Rumors: Kevin Durant Trade Was 'Never Really Aggressively Pursued' by MIA

The Miami Heat were considered one of the favorites to trade for Kevin Durant when the 12-time All-Star wanted to be dealt by the Brooklyn Nets, but their actual level of interest may have been overstated.

Appearing on Stugotz's STUpodity podcast (h/t Jonathan Sherman of Heat Nation), the Heat "never really aggressively pursued" Durant because they "would have had to gut multiple players" from their roster to make it happen.

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