Matthew Lissy is a Senior Staff Writer of Bright Side of the Sun, co-host of the Suns JAM Session Podcast, and has been a credentialed member of the Phoenix media since 2023.
Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns wants to stay in Phoenix and finish the rest of the season as a Sun. There was speculation that, because the Miami Heat did not want to make a deal sending Jimmy Butler to the Suns for Bradley Beal, the Suns would change the narrative and forgo a trade involving Durant to the Golden State Warriors, which would reunite him with Steph Curry.