Outrageous! The truth about the Suns trade in Durant is revealed, just to make Bill perform better

The Phoenix Suns are one of the most watched teams in the offseason of 2025, because they encountered a very bad regular season in the 2024-25 season, which also made them determined to trade to send Kevin Durant and Bradley Bill away.

However, since the 2025 offseason, the team has not made any moves. Originally, the Suns' plan at the beginning of the 2024-25 season was to trade to send Bradley Bill away and continue to strengthen the lineup around Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.

As a result, Bradley Bill, who holds the veto power of the trade, refused to be traded to other teams, resulting in the Phoenix Suns being unable to make better reinforcement moves. Because the average annual salary of the Big Three is US$50 million, the salary of the three directly locks the team's room for reinforcement. Faced with the huge luxury tax, the Phoenix Suns can only send Kevin Durant away through trades to free up space and salary space to strengthen.

There is no way, almost no team is willing to accept Bradley Bill's big contract. He averaged 17 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the 2024-25 season. He shot 49% from the field and 38% from three-point shooting. The offensive efficiency is OK, and the performance will not be too bad if you give opportunities. However, his five-year, $251 million super maximum salary contract will expire in two seasons, with an average annual salary of up to $55 million.

Recently, NBA reporter Jack Fisher also talked about Bradley Bill, saying that "Atlanta and Washington are the only two teams we hear about, and Bill doesn't seem to like to give up his non-trade terms. More than four months later, the prospects for Phoenix are no longer encouraging. It's a reality that forced the Suns to accept the idea that trading Durant is their only means to significantly reshape the roster around Booker without further sinking into the abyss of the Western Conference."

"Inside the Suns The department is confident in Bill. They believe that trading Durant may bring Bill more offensive opportunities, which can allow him to play a performance that suits his big contract. During the recent selection of the Suns' new head coach, many candidates were asked in the interview how they would make Bill perform at the best level if he stayed with the team. "

In fact, the Phoenix Suns are also helpless. They are not sending Kevin Durant away for the deal, giving Bradley Bill a chance to play better and help the team. After all, Kevin Durant also missed some games due to injury, and Bradley Bill's performance in leading the team with Devin Booker was also very average.

To put it bluntly, Bradley Bill has the right to veto the transaction and he is reluctant to leave. The team keeps him now purely because there are rules that restrict them from trading and sending each other away. Moreover, before trading Kevin Durant, the team originally planned to trade Bradley Bill.

Now, the Phoenix Suns hope that Bradley Bill can play MVP-level performance before the 2025-26 All-Star Competition begins, which will attract other teams to be willing to win him. In this way, the team can completely get rid of Bradley Bill's poison contract. What to say is to give Bradley Bill a chance and to play a performance that matches the contract is purely self-deception.

As for Kevin Durant, 36, he is not short of suitors, such as the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets and Miami Heat, one of Kevin Durant's current preferred destinations. However, the Phoenix Suns want to get some good young players and future draft picks by trading Kevin Durant.