How The Utah Jazz Will Trade For Kevin Durant Midseason

Everyone thinks the Utah Jazz are tanking for French basketball superstar Victory Wembanyama but something very weird is happening in Utah. The Jazz have accidentally put together a very good team so far and have won 7 of the first 10 games already.

With the Jazz likely too good to tank out for Victor, would Danny Ainge pull a big swing using all the picks he’s accumulated so far?

The theory goes, Kevin Durant is still unhappy in Brooklyn and will ask for another trade. When that happens only a handful of teams will have enough assets to make it make sense for Brooklyn and Utah is one of those teams. Danny Ainge bows out the Wembanyama sweeps and instead puts together an instant contender with KD.

Here is a Utah Jazz/Brooklyn Nets trade that brings Kevin Durant to the Jazz:

Brooklyn Nets Receive:

G Collin Sexton
G/F Malik Beasley
G/F Talen Horton-Tucker
2023 First-Round Pick (UTA)
2025 First-Round Pick (CLE via UTA)
2026 First Round Pick (MIN or CLE via UTA)
2027 First-Round Pick (UTA)
2028 First-Round Pick (Swap – UTA)
2029 First-Round Pick (UTA)

Utah Jazz Receive:

F Kevin Durant

Sometime soon, Kevin Durant is going to ask again for a trade. He’s going to get traded to one of the teams with the most assets in the NBA, Danny Ainge will package up all the accumulated picks, and the Utah Jazz will trade for Durant #KevinDurant #NBA #NBATwitterLive #utahjazz

— Connor Rock (@connorjamesrock) October 24, 2022

Danny Ainge seeing this Kyrie drama and realizing he can trade all the picks he acquired trying to tank the Jazz for Durant and accidentally create the best team in the NBA pic.twitter.com/Im8hkd2bNU

— california bucks (@Russell_Palmer2) November 4, 2022