Durant airborne the Holy City, the Spurs bet that the 36-year-old Death can support the Wenban Dynasty?

Suns record John Gambadoro, a confirmed news, that Durant has made a clear statement to those around him: "The Spurs are the next one." Many league sources even said that the transaction was "a sure thing" and the details were finalized before the draft (June 26-27). Compared with the Clippers' talks about 7 due to "refusing Zubac", the Heat/Knicks have weak chips, the Spurs hold the reconstruction resources that the Suns desire most - young and combat power + draft pick, and are willing to gamble for the 36-year-old KD.

According to the three-party trading simulation of Jake Weinbach (Spurs/Suns/Hornets), the chip structure directly hits the Suns pain points:

The Suns get: Devin Wassell (18.4 points per game per striker), Harrison Barnes (veteran forward), Mark Williams ("Mawei" center), 2025 Hawks' first round No. 14 picks 47;

Hornets get: Jeremy Sohan (defensive engineer) + 3 second round picks (provided by the Spurs);

Spurs get: Kevin Durant.

It seems that the Spurs are bleeding heavily? In fact, he is smart in calculating. Vassel's premium contract is transferred by a clever way. Although he has explosive scoring power, he is essentially a defender. The Suns have "learned from the past" of Bill; he avoids the core of the future and protects the 2025 second pick + No. 4 pick Castle in 2024 (not included in the plan) 7; Sohan clears the position and stops the loss, defensive decline + projection shortcomings, and cashes out as soon as possible. The Suns swallowed two injury bombs of "Wassel + Mawei" (Mawei once suffered a miscarriage due to a failed physical examination), and only won one first round, which was compared with the first round of Soha KD that year! The Spurs actually "changed scraps for super giants" and also cleaned up hidden dangers in the locker room.

If the trade is implemented, the Spurs starter five Tigers will subvert the Western Conference pattern, point guard: Trey Jones (organizing brain), point guard: Devin Wassell (potentially upgraded to Derek White level trade), small front: Durant (Death's singles holding the ball), big front: Wenban Yama (sweeping out assisted defense + external three-pointer), center: Zach Collins (blue-collar meat shield), Wenban + KD, will create a huge breakthrough space between the inside and outside lines, offensive end: KD + Wenban double-high turret range covers the half-court, and external bullets can ignore defense after pick-and-roll; KD directly "feeded" Wenban's growth. Defensive end: Wenban DPOY-level frame protection makes up for the KD horizontal movement and decline (42nd place in the defensive efficiency of the active front line), and build a no-fly zone.

However, this deal is not risk-free for the Spurs. Durant's attendance rate collapsed warning, KD has missed 87 games in the past three years, and the Achilles tendon + knee repeatedly called the police, 61% attendance rate is comparable to "glass crafts". A salary of 110 million will lock in salary space in the next two years. After the dividends of literary rookies ended (2027), there may be no money to renew the contract.

Once the transaction is reached, the Spurs will go from the bottom of the championship group to the second round of the playoffs. From training new players to guaranteed second round of the playoffs, the lower limit of the Wenban KD combination is far beyond the Timberwolves/Grizzlies youth team, while the Suns will be completely rebuilt. Taking over Vassel + Barnes will be insufficient in combat. Bill's veto power in the trade will be stuck in strengthening the space, and may fall out of the playoffs. The Warriors will avoid the ultimate nightmare of "Green + Kumingga for KD" and protect the future spark.

If this deal is reached, it will undoubtedly be a big bet for the Spurs. Wenban Yama is currently practicing in seclusion in Shaolin Temple in Songshan, seeking "Nirvana and Liberation" - and the Spurs management simultaneously staged a realistic version of "let go". If you use half a team to exchange for 36-year-old KD, you will bet on the growth rate of the Wenban × KD's health. If you win, you will replicate the GDP dynasty, and if you lose, you will become Thunder 2.0. If KD is injured again in 2026 + the Wen class is unable to support it, but at this moment, the fans of Holy City have already shouted: "Either the champion or the lottery, refuse mediocrity!"