Is there any evidence that Kevin Durant will be returning to the Warriors this summer? In the second half of the 2010s, Durant won two NBA championships with the Dubs, marking the pinnacle of his career. He then sought further hardware with the Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns.

Speculation that he and Stephen Curry of the Warriors would reunite stems from the fact that he has yet to complete that task.Durant Kevin Returning to the Warriors of Golden State?

A massive trade proposal that would bring Durant back to the Warriors from the Phoenix Suns was recently suggested by Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report. If the trade goes through, the Suns will get Moses Moody, Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga, and a first-round pick from the 2025 NBA Draft in return for maybe the league’s all-time leading scorer.

The Suns will try to get the Warriors to part up a second first-round pick in 2027, which is their only other option if the draft-night trade goes through. At the same time, the Dubs will attempt to replace Kuminga, who the organization has designated as untouchable, with someone like Brandin Podziemski.

Along with those causes of contention in the negotiations, Golden State is still carrying a salary overrun of approximately $3 million (and that’s before you factor in Kevon Looney’s non-guaranteed $8 million for 2024-25).

Set aside all those concerns and think about how the Suns are one of the few teams more focused on a win-now schedule than the Warriors. Stephen Curry’s contract is up for two more years, and the Warriors are determined to put a strong squad around him. Durant poses health risks and will turn 36 before the start of next season, but he is likely to be a more significant player in the short term than Moody, Kuminga, or Wiggins.

The Suns’ previоus seasоn was a cоmplete bust, despite prоmising beginnings. A new era has begun fоr the Suns as well, with Mike Budenhоlzer being recruited tо replace Frank Vоgel. This has raised many wоrries abоut the team’s future. Althоugh trading Durant wоuld be a massive endeavоr, it wоuld help the Suns reduce their exоrbitant payrоll and give them yоunger players tо develоp intо future stars.

With the Warriors for three years, the former MVP played in 208 games and averaged 25.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 5.4 assists.