The Dallas Mavericks dropped the trade of the year when ESPN’s Shams Charania had to stress to everyone that he wasn’t hacked when he announced weeks ago that the Mavs had traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and Max Christie.

Houston's entire young core of Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson, Jalen Green, Tari Eason, Jabari Smith Jr., Cam Whitmore, Jae'Sean Tate and Reed Sheppard is littered with players who would be attractive to the Suns.

An intriguing offseason trade idea would require the Phoenix Suns to cut ties with their star forward for a four-time NBA champion.

Those three players were easy choices with Durant considering that he has gotten a chance to play with all of them in recent years. He was teammates with Tatum and Embiid on the U.S. Olympic team that won gold in Paris last summer and spent multiple seasons with Irving on the Brooklyn Nets.

Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai is once again facing backlash from fans following a viral moment between Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden at the NBA All-Star Game.