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Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant has been associated with several NBA Trade rumours leading up to Thursday's deadline. Durant, a two-time finals MVP is still going strong at the age of 36. Durant is averaging 26.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists after 39 games this season. Despite his phenomenal numbers, Phoenix is languishing at 9th in the Western Conference Standings and displays almost a 50-50 win/loss record with 25-24.
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Kevin Durant Ruled Out for Against Oklahoma City Thunder
The Golden State Warriors have been one of the teams interested in acquiring the services of Durant, and development on the subject has been shared by Sam Amick of The Athletic on Wednesday, which confirms that the Warriors are indeed contemplating a move to bring Durant on board.
"It's escalated quickly," Amick said. "I think the Warriors thing is very real... There were moments last night where I thought this was actually gonna happen."
Amick further revealed that there came moments in previous days when Golden State expressed frustrated frustration with Phoenix during trade talks.
Shortly after this news of Golden State's ramped-up pursuit of Durant, it was revealed by NBA insider Chris Haynes that Phoenix had made the decision to rule its star forward out for Wednesday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
"Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant (ankle soreness) will not play tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder, league sources inform me," Haynes reported.
Durant had played 26 consecutive games for Phoenix entering Wednesday night. During this run, the four-time scoring champion has averaged 27.5 points per game and converted 51.9% of his field goals. The Suns' decision to rule Durant out for their final game before the NBA trade deadline, especially given the current Warriors news, is an unusual development. However, it is worth noting that Durant appeared to sprain his ankle in Phoenix's defeat to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday.
"It appears Durant hurt his ankle when denying Deandre Ayton at the rim with three minutes remaining in regulation of Monday's 121-119 overtime loss at Portland," Duane Rankin of azcentral wrote on Wednesday.
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