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Kevin Durant declined to come to the warriors Through trade earlier this month, sending some within the Golden State fans base to a tail tail.

Why would I not want to leave Phoenix and return to the Bay area, where he won two titles, and play with Steph Curry and Draymond Green again?

The mechanics of a mid -season exchange, for players and teams, was an important factor, revealed in a conversation with Green and former warrior Baron Davis in “The Draymond Green show“

“I didn’t want to move, and then, as a player like me, it costs a lot. Entering your team, it will be a great blow to any team I am going to. I understand why they want to exchange me, the simple fact that is only business. But for me to look at it, it simply makes no sense for any of the parties at this time to go through that when we can play the season and if that is the decision you want to make in the low season, then we discover it. “

The limit of $ 51.2 million of Durant for this season (with $ 54.7 million next year) would require agitation of any list to which it would join. With less than 30 remaining games, classifying that chemistry on time for playoffs is a difficult task.

Not to mention the fact that the Warriors and the Suns had 25-25 on February 5, the news of the day realized that Durant was not interested in a meeting, in places No. 9 and No. 10 in the West. The uprooting of a team of a star that seems not to go anywhere for another is not so attractive.

The Warriors ended up exchanging for Jimmy Butler and have been in a hot race since then, winning six of seven games with Butler in the alignment. Butler also cost the Warriors a penny when sending Andrew Wiggins and signed an extension that will pay Butler more than $ 60 million each of the next two years.

Brian Windhorst of ESPN reported Wednesday at the NBA today that the Suns “are going to trade (Durant), and he knows that”, praising Durant’s professionalism while the team fights during the season.

Durant, 36, was avoided when Davis asked him in the podcast if he wanted to finish his career with the Suns.

“I want my career to end in my terms. That is the only thing that worries me, “Durant said.” Because I see many types that don’t have that opportunity, so I want to continue doing that job to make that decision on my own. “

While rejected a return to the bay, Durant recalled the three seasons that happened with the Warriors of 2016-2019, remembering the good times, even when some fans and commentators are still critical of joining a team of 72 wins.