It has been practically two weeks for the reason that Kevin Durant trade first broke, however the future Corridor of Famer has nonetheless not been formally introduced as a member of the Houston Rockets. That’s as a result of there is no such thing as a rush to finalize the small print amid the free company moratorium interval, as there may very well be wage cap and apron benefits to increasing the deal.
According to Fred Katz of The Athletic, the KD commerce will make NBA historical past because the Rockets and Suns labored to broaden the deal to incorporate a document seven groups, with the Hawks, Lakers, Timberwolves, Nets and Warriors all looping into the deal. The enlargement of the commerce shouldn’t be anticipated to incorporate any main participant motion that hasn’t already been reported, however will tie all these groups collectively for CBA and wage cap associated causes. Jake Fischer reported Thursday evening that the seven-team bonanza had been agreed to in precept and would undergo on Sunday.
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The deal would come with the Clint Capela sign-and-trade with the Hawks, second-round draft choose swaps the Wolves, Warriors and Nets all made with the Suns, and one other second-round draft choose commerce between the Lakers and Wolves. It’s largely wage cap trivia, however as a result of all these offers cannot be made official till July 6, there’s incentive for the groups to all work collectively to determine methods to loop all of them collectively earlier than that date.
We have seen this occur earlier than, because the sign-and-trade sending Klay Thompson from the Warriors to the Mavericks grew to become the primary six-team commerce in league historical past, with the Timberwolves, Nuggets, 76ers and Hornets all being looped in to at least one huge deal. By the point July 6 rolls round, we’ll doubtless see loads of particular person trades mixed — the Nuggets will doubtless attempt to make the Cam Johnson and Jonas Valančiunas trades right into a three-teamer for apron causes. That features the Rockets and Suns looping in practically 1 / 4 of the league’s groups into one commerce to get KD to Houston.