For a variety of reasons, Kevin Durant is probably going to net less in a trade than the Phoenix Suns might like. Consider the following:

When Durant has moved in the past, it has always been as almost indisputably a top-five player in the NBA (when healthy). That isn't the case anymore. The metrics are mostly unkind to him: 29th in BPM , 32nd in EPM , 48th in estimated RAPTOR and 84th in Win Shares per 48 Minutes, just to name a few. Where exactly he still falls in the league hierarchy is subjective, but for the first time, it's plausible to believe that his all-time ranking (somewhere in the 15-20 range, most believe) is higher than his ranking among the best players for the 2025-26 season.

The Suns bear some responsibility for those to disappointing metrics, but most of it

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