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Warriors' Nixed Kevin Durant Trade Package Revealed
Uncover the details of the three-way trade talks that could have sent Kevin Durant back to the Phoenix Suns.
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Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns reacts during a game.
Jonathan Kuminga survived the NBA trade deadline and remained with the Golden State Warriors, thanks to Kevin Durant.
Kuminga and Jimmy Butler were the key pieces of the Durant return package in the three-team trade talks, ESPNās Brian Windhorst and Ramona Shelburne reported.
Kuminga would have been traded to the Phoenix Suns had Durant agreed to reunite with the Warriors, ESPNās Brian Windhorst and Ramona Shelburne reported.
āThe three-way talks even expanded to loop in Washington. Those talks included Butler, Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga, Wizards center Jonas Valanciunas, two first-round picks (from the Warriors) and two second-round picks (one each from the Heat and Warriors), and pick swaps going to the Suns, sources said. The Warriors wouldāve received Durant, while the Heat couldāve received Wiggins, Clevelandās 2025 first-round pick (via Phoenix), Dennis Schroder and Kyle Anderson,ā Windhorst and Shelburne wrote.
Kuminga and his camp āthought for a minuteā that he was going to Phoenix, Windhorst said on his podcast, āBrian Windhorst and Hoop Collectiveā on Feb. 6.
Warriorsā Pivot From Kevin Durant to Jimmy ButlerUltimately, the three-way talks among the Warriors, Heat and Suns collapsed when Durant thumbed down the idea.
ESPNāsĀ Shams Charania and Ohm Youngmisuk reported in the afternoon of Feb. 5 that Durant had āno desireā to return to Golden State.
Thatās when the Warriors pivoted to Butler and finalized a deal with the Heat, which expanded to five teams without the Suns, on the eve of the NBA trade deadline.
The final details of the massive five-team trade that brought to an end the Butler saga in Miami are as follows, per NBA:
Warriors receive:
Jimmy ButlerĀ (via Heat) Two second-round picks (via Heat) Cash considerations (via Heat)Heat receive:
Andrew WigginsĀ (via Heat) Kyle AndersonĀ (via Heat) Davion MitchellĀ (via Raptors) 2025 first-round pick (protected, Warriors)Jazz receive:
KJ MartinĀ (from Pistons via Sixers) Josh RichardsonĀ (via Heat) 2028 second-round pick (from Pistons via Sixers) 2031 second-round pick (via Heat) Cash considerations (via Heat)Pistons receive:
Dennis SchrƶderĀ (from Jazz via Warriors) Lindy Waters IIIĀ (via Warriors) 2031 second-round pick (via Warriors)Raptors receive:
P.J. Tucker 2026 second-round pick (via Heat) Cash considerations (via Heat) Jonathan Kumingaās Golden State Future in LimboKuminga remains a Warrior for now. But Butlerās arrival clouds Kumingaās future with the franchise that drafted him.
Six players ā Stephen Curry, Butler, Draymond Green, Moses Moody, Buddy Hield and Brandin Podziemski ā have guaranteed contracts next season that already account for roughly $164 million. Guaranteeing Trayce Jackson-Davis, Gui Santos and Quentin Postās salaries could push them to the projected $169 million salary cap.
Re-signing Kuminga, who will be a restricted free agent, would see them dipping into the luxury tax.
According to Spotrac, the project first apron threshold will be $195.9 million while the dreaded second apron is estimated to be at $207.9 million.
Kuminga sought an annual average of $35 million salary during their failed extension talks last summer, The Athleticās Anthony Slater reported last year.
It will take some maneuvering and salary cap gymnastics from Mike Dunleavy Jr.-led Warriors front office to keep Kuminga or they could flip them in a potential sign-and-trade.
The Brooklyn Nets, who have a level of interest in Kuminga, who will have the most cap room, could throw an offer sheet at the rising forward, which the Warriors might not be willing to match.
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