The Suns, according to Windhorst, have tried “almost every team” in the NBA to land Butler using the three first-rounders they acquired from Utah for their 2031 first-round pick to no avail.
After exhausting all the possible ways, the Suns have concluded that their only pathway to land Butler is to trade either Durant or Devin Booker since Bradley Beal does not want to waive his no-trade clause.
Windhorst warned about the fallout if such blockbuster trade does not go down by Thursday’s deadline.
“But I got to tell you, as you can hear, as I describe this, it sounds complicated,” Windhorst continued. “It is. So, I do not want to imply that anything is going to happen. And I have no idea how you go back on this if it doesn’t work because now the world does know.
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Warriors have aggressively pursued big-name stars since last year’s NBA trade deadline from LeBron James to Paul George and Lauri Markkanen last summer. But in those nixed deals, especially in the George and Markkanen pursuits, they were unwilling to go all-in.
But The Athletic report painted the Warriors front office as becoming “increasingly impatient” especially in the wake of their Western Conference rivals Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks executing a stunning swap of their stars Luka Dončić and Anthony Davis.
