LOS ANGELES — History takes a backseat to the present when the night before the NBA’s trade deadline produces the biggest earthquake in years.
Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is being traded to the Phoenix Suns, sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports; ESPN was first to report. The Nets will receive Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and significant draft capital, thus shaking up a Western Conference that seemed wide open for the taking.
And the Suns, new owner Mat Ishbia could barely go 48 hours before swinging big, going and throwing Durant a life raft after the Brooklyn Nets’ experiment predictably capsized.