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Durant comes home to do what he does best: RING CHASE


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Thunder

Thunder

+1 player ($51.2m),
Cap Impact - $12.1M

+3  Wins

-53.54  MPG

+6.14  Off.

+1.33  Def.

Suns

Suns

+4 players ($10.5m) +8 picks,
Cap Impact - $35.1M

-3  Wins

+53.54  MPG

-6.14  Off.

-1.33  Def.

Trolling in the title, but the Thunder really need a veteran PF to give them an extra punch and allow J-Dub to play his natural position at the 3, they've been hoarding draft picks and guys with high upside for years now to load up for a move like this one. The Thunder starting lineup would be SGA, Lu Dort, J-Dub, KD, Chet !!! That is easily the best starting 5 in the NBA, (except for maybe Boston, but remember that SGA, Chet, and Williams are all still on the rise).

The Suns tried to go for it with this trio of on-the-ball scorers, and it is clearly not going to work, they can't win without a point guard, their offense and defense are both good but not great, and they are clearly not breaking through in a Western Conference this stacked. KD is obviously old and his value will never be higher after a relatively healthy and productive season that was arguably his best since Golden State. Giddey had a down year, but he doesn't have much opportunity to develop into a star in OKC with so many better players around to take his touches. He has a lot of upside, as do Wallace and Joe, these draft picks are pretty valuable too considering they are getting 5 first rounders for a guy on the wrong side of 35.

Obviously KD knows OKC and if he can come back and deliver a championship, it might take away the sting of him leaving in the first place (See: 2016 LeBron)

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