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37-year-old Durant is disliked by Yonghuo! Timberwolves gambling veteran, Sun is looking for a takeover

7:36am, 5 June 2025【Basketball】

Today I was browsing news, and first I saw the famous reporter Siegel revealing that the Warriors did not chase Durant. Then Amick said that the Rockets thought Durant was older - why did he become an original sin at the age of 37? Let’s show the data first: I played 62 games with the Suns this season, averaging 26.6 points, 6 rebounds and 4.2 assists per 36.5 minutes per game, and I can throw 43% of my three-pointers. What’s wrong with putting it? But next season's contract of 53.28 million is here. The Warriors have just renewed Curry, so where is the surplus in their pocket? Besides, they have taken the youthful route in the past two years, and Poole has sent it away, so how could he keep a veteran who is nearly 40 years old as the core? The Rockets are more realistic, Stone's abacus beads are jingling: Shin Kyung + Smith's inside combination is only in his early 20s, why do Durant do it? Fill in the data? Besides, why do you need to change a veteran of the contract for the first round of picks you have saved for three years? Age is really heartbreaking. Look, Durant was still competing for the championship with Booker last season, why did he become a hot potato in the blink of an eye? Thinking of James's average of 30 points per game at the age of 38, Duran's back is in position - the small forward is eating youthful food, and the center can still survive forty. How many young Qianfeng has seen you who can survive the years?

If you want to talk about why the Warriors Rockets are so heartless, it is not because there is a new prey in the market - Antetokounmpo. At the age of 30, he is at his peak, and he can handle and play. He averaged 31 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists per game last season. The key is that the contract has two years left, and the team has a lot of room for operation! All ordinary fans know that buying stocks requires buying potential stocks, let alone a team manager who spends tens of millions of dollars? Look, as soon as the Bucks were swept this season, three teams immediately gave olive branches, and the treatment was like Durant.

To put it seriously, the NBA has always been a business world. No matter how strong Durant is, he is almost 37 after all, and where is the potential for injury? Fans have never forgotten the incident of the Achilles tendon rupture last time. Antetokounmpo is different. His physical fitness is like a tank and his attendance rate is high. Which team doesn’t want to bet on the future? Just like when Kobe was 37 years old, didn’t the Lakers start to train Russell? Times have changed, and super giants have to bow to reality.

But then again, there are still teams who dare to take over - the Timberwolves' odds are the first, which is surprising at first glance, and it's all a scheming after careful consideration. Gobert's 43 million contract locked in the space. The playoffs were like that, and no one wanted it for free. Don't you have to find someone who can digest the ball? Although Durant is old, he is still the best in the ball-holding attack. Edwards admires him again. If the two call, they might be able to replicate the Thunder's double-year-old chemistry.

But there is also a lot of risk here: Durant's contract is only one year, and he left after he beats and pats his butt. What did the Timberwolves explain to Edwards? Besides, the inside combination of Gobert and Durant is strong in defense, but what should I do if I have space? Towns was forced to play against the big front, and if he put a center forward who didn't shoot three points, the offense would not be stuck? To put it bluntly, the Timberwolves are doing something alive. Anyway, there is no hope for reconstruction. It is better to bet on the big one. What if it is done?

The most anxious thing is the sun. He holds Durant's card in his hand, but the Rockets don't accept it at all. He has three first-round picks in his hand, so why are you worried? The draft on June 26 is coming, and if the Suns cannot return the draft pick, they will really cut off their backs in the next three years. You said Booker is 27, and it is the time to compete for the championship. How can he make up for his shortcomings without a draft pick? Paul is gone, Ayton may also escape, and there is no bargaining chips. What will you win next season? To put it bluntly, the matter of reducing the asking price is to admit defeat. I used to have to add two young players in the first round, but now I guess I'm willing to replace them alone - but the Rockets are not stupid. Durant will be free next year and throw them away after using them. Who is willing to do it? Unless the sun has some future assets, what else can they have? Bridges had all sent away, and the rest were scraps. If I had known today, why would I have signed that long contract with Durant? To put it bluntly, Durant's incident is a cruel multiple-choice question: on the one hand, he averages 26 points per game, and on the other hand, he is a 37-year-old age warning. The team managers are not that they don’t understand football, but that they understand business very much - after all, what the boss wants is the box office and the championship, not the sentiment. But on the other hand, when a player devotes his peak to the league, he ends up being picked and selected because of his age, he is a bit disappointed.

Some people say that this is the cruelty of competitive sports, while others say that Durant should learn from James and find a new home for himself in advance. But our fans know in their hearts: If Antetokounmpo can still win 26+6+4 at the age of 37, will there be a team rushing to get it? Perhaps it is not a matter of age, but the alliance has always recognized the current throne - when you sit on it, everyone calls you Death; if you take a breath, someone calls you to give way.