NBA: Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant traded to Phoenix Suns

Two-time NBA champion Kevin Durant is all set to join the 2021 NBA finalist Phoenix Suns. The NBA superstar has been traded from the Brooklyn Nets, which acquiredCam Johnson, Mikal Bridges and four first-round picks in the deal. The Suns will also get forward TJ Warren alongside Durant.

Durant, touted as future Hall of Famer, didn't have a satisfying time with the Nets after joining them in 2019. He was sidelined for the entire 2019-20 season with an Achilles injury and eventually managed to win only one playoff series with the Nets.

Durant will be joining an already start-studded Suns team with Chris Paul, DeAndre Ayton and shooting guard Devin Booker already on Phoenix's roster. Although, with Durant onboard, the Suns, which are currently sixth in the Western Conference, will be stacked as one of the top contenders for the NBA title.

Phoenix will be eager to build a long-lasting group centred around Durant but for now the game is wait and watch. Notably, Kevin Durant won his two NBA championships back-to-back with the Golden State Warriors in 2018 and 2018 and was also named the finals MVP on both the occasions.

The news for Nets fans, however, isn't much pleasing. Brookly had high hopes from the trio of Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. But the dreams of a title couldn't materialise. While Harden already left the Nets to join the Philadelphia 76ers last year, Irving will be joining the Dallas Mavericks. Coming to play-offs, the Nets are still in contention, sitting fifth in the Eastern Conference.

In other deals before the Thursday deadline, Russell Westbrook has been traded to the Utah Jazz from the Los Angeles Lakers. The defending champions Golden State Warriors also brought back Gary Payton II in a deal with the Portland Trailblazers.

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