If the Phoenix Suns opt to trade Kevin Durant, the future Hall of Famer would prefer such a move to come in the offseason rather than midseason.
That’s the rationale Durant used to explain why he shut down the possibility of being traded back to the Golden State Warriors ahead of the trade deadline earlier in February, claiming it had nothing to do with his prior history with the team.
“As far as the Warriors, I didn’t want to move,” Durant explained on the “Draymond Green Show.” “Then, as a player, I cost a lot. Me going into your team in the middle of your season, it’s going to be a big blow to any team I’m going to. And I get why you want to trade me, simple fact that’s business but for me looking at it, it just don’t make sense for either side right now to go through that when we can play the season out and if that’s the decision you want to make in the offseason, then we…