Kevin Durant asked the Brooklyn Nets for a trade before free agency.

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Kevin Durant made a game-changing trade request for the NBA that was meant to start a frenzy, but he could be too large to be traded.
What happens if a 33-year-old top-20 player who has been a consistent MVP candidate and is under contract for four more years tells his team that he wants to play somewhere else?
On June 30, just hours before free agency, Kevin Durant asked the Brooklyn Nets for trade, perhaps setting up a seismic, league-altering move.

Details for the Trade.

Adrian Wojnarowski stated that after Durant requested a trade, half of the league’s clubs had already contacted the Nets.
This season, Durant will start a four-year, $198 million deal.
But as Durant, the Nets, and the rest of the NBA are discovering, Durant could simply be too large to move.
According to numerous reports, the Nets are demanding a historically large return for Durant, including All-Star players (or two), role players, young prospects, and future draught picks.
The issue is that teams haven’t been willing to pay that amount.

Even while Brooklyn has been steadfast in its desired return, The Athletic’s John Hollinger noted on Tuesday that the types of trade offer the Nets got earlier in the summer haven’t changed all that much.
Durant is 33 years old and will turn 34 in September, so that is the first problem with the prospect.

Some teams that can pay the Nets’ high asking price believe it to be excessive.
According to numerous accounts, the Raptors believed the Nets’ demand was excessive.
The Nets are also not in a hurry to reach a deal.

Players’ leverage

The fact that Durant is under contract means that clubs are not under any obligation to sign him; the Nets are not in danger of losing him in free agency, and any team can sign him knowing that he cannot leave of his own volition.
How long will Durant voluntarily skip games? He might miss training camp.
Once more, Durant is hurt by his deal.
Will Durant be willing to forgo numerous seasons of playing if the Nets decide not to move him?
It is still unclear what all of this means for the future of labor talks and superstar trades.
If a star’s contract just has too much remaining, the player’s leverage in trade demands may be limited.

The Nets are justified in demanding a historic amount for a superstar in his prime who has a four-year contract.

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