According to The Athletic‘s NBA insider Shams Charania, the latest team to get involved in the KD sweepstakes is the Boston Celtics. The 2022 NBA finalists have reportedly engaged in talks with the Nets and have already sent out an official offer.

Charania reports that Boston’s first offer included All-Star Jaylen Brown, guard Derrick White, and a draft pick, but the Nets decided to pass on it and counter with their own proposal. Brooklyn will accept Brown and draft picks but also wants reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart and an additional rotation player included in the deal. The Celtics have so far been reluctant to make Smart part of the deal.

It is easy why both sides have the motivation to pull off a deal. The Celtics are already an NBA finals team as they are, and swapping Brown for Durant would, in theory, get them over the hump. The Nets, on the other hand, would get everything they have asked for in a potential KD trade, including an All-Star player, a starter, and draft picks.

The Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors still remain engaged with the Nets, although these conversations haven’t progressed as much as expected. On the other hand, the Phoenix Suns are considered out of the race after giving DeAndre Ayton a max deal earlier this month.

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Allen left Boston in 2012 to join Miami Heat, where he won another championship before retiring in 2014. Two years later, however, he considered unretiring and re-signing with the Celtics if the team landed Kevin Durant in free agency.

During his appearance on “Ordway, Merloni & Fauria” radio show, Allen said that he had a brief discussion with Celtics’ president Danny Ainge and told him he’ll return to Boston if Durant goes there as well.

“I had a conversation with (Ainge) and I told him this was my last-ditch effort. I would’ve went back,” said Allen. “This was when Kevin Durant was a free agent. He was thinking about going to Boston. And I said, ‘Hey, if you guys land Kevin, I would certainly look at lacing them back up one more time and try to make something good happen here in Boston.’ “

Ray Allen joined the Boston Celtics in 2007 in a blockbuster trade that paired him with All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. The trio won their first NBA championship next year and looked like a dynasty in the making. However, they managed to reach only one NBA Finals, which they lost to the LA Lakers, in the next four years.

Celtics’ big three split in the summer of 2012, when Allen rejected a more lucrative offer from Celtics in order to join their conference rivals Miami Heat. The split caused a lot of controversies and many of Allen’s former teammates haven’t forgiven him for this move.

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According to The Athletic‘s NBA insider Shams Charania, the latest team to get involved in the KD sweepstakes is the Boston Celtics. The 2022 NBA finalists have reportedly engaged in talks with the Nets and have already sent out an official offer.

Charania reports that Boston’s first offer included All-Star Jaylen Brown, guard Derrick White, and a draft pick, but the Nets decided to pass on it and counter with their own proposal. Brooklyn will accept Brown and draft picks but also wants reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart and an additional rotation player included in the deal. The Celtics have so far been reluctant to make Smart part of the deal.

It is easy why both sides have the motivation to pull off a deal. The Celtics are already an NBA finals team as they are, and swapping Brown for Durant would, in theory, get them over the hump. The Nets, on the other hand, would get everything they have asked for in a potential KD trade, including an All-Star player, a starter, and draft picks.

The Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors still remain engaged with the Nets, although these conversations haven’t progressed as much as expected. On the other hand, the Phoenix Suns are considered out of the race after giving DeAndre Ayton a max deal earlier this month.

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Allen left Boston in 2012 to join Miami Heat, where he won another championship before retiring in 2014. Two years later, however, he considered unretiring and re-signing with the Celtics if the team landed Kevin Durant in free agency.

During his appearance on “Ordway, Merloni & Fauria” radio show, Allen said that he had a brief discussion with Celtics’ president Danny Ainge and told him he’ll return to Boston if Durant goes there as well.

“I had a conversation with (Ainge) and I told him this was my last-ditch effort. I would’ve went back,” said Allen. “This was when Kevin Durant was a free agent. He was thinking about going to Boston. And I said, ‘Hey, if you guys land Kevin, I would certainly look at lacing them back up one more time and try to make something good happen here in Boston.’ “

Ray Allen joined the Boston Celtics in 2007 in a blockbuster trade that paired him with All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. The trio won their first NBA championship next year and looked like a dynasty in the making. However, they managed to reach only one NBA Finals, which they lost to the LA Lakers, in the next four years.

Celtics’ big three split in the summer of 2012, when Allen rejected a more lucrative offer from Celtics in order to join their conference rivals Miami Heat. The split caused a lot of controversies and many of Allen’s former teammates haven’t forgiven him for this move.

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