Locked On Suns - Daily Podcast On The Phoenix Suns Locked On Podcast Network, Evan Sidery, Brendon Kleen

After almost a week, Kevin Durant still seems fated to head to the Phoenix Suns. Brendon Kleen reads the tea leaves from the latest NBA reporting, including a timeline on the Durant deal. Then, a look at whether the Pacers and their cap space or the Raptors and their allegedly perfect package for KD could actually ruin the negotiations.

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The Phoenix Suns are quietly negotiating a deal to land Kevin Durant, but reporting has gone quiet. Brendon Kleen sits in the calm before the storm and analyzes the level of pressure facing each central character, from Durant to James Jones to Chris Paul and beyond. It's the Phoenix Suns-Kevin Durant Trade Talk Desperation Index!

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A Deandre Ayton trade partner for the Phoenix Suns was reported Friday in the form of Utah, right after they dealt Rudy Gobert to Minnesota. Brendon Kleen explains how the Suns' pursuit of Kevin Durant could open up to include the Jazz and possibly the Wolves in order to create a package that Brooklyn likes. Then, a look at the center market with JaVale McGee and Ayton likely gone, and the details of the Suns' first free agent signing, Damion Lee.

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Kevin Durant asked to be traded to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, shocking the NBA world and setting the Suns up for the best team in franchise history. Brendon Kleen is joined by Aaron Edwards of All Caps NBA on to discuss Durant's request, the role Devin Booker played in all of it, and why the Suns made sense all along. Then, a closer look at the negotiations between Phoenix and the Nets, including how much leverage the Nets have compared to Durant and whether Deandre Ayton is truly the best young prospect Brooklyn can get back in a trade.

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The Phoenix Suns could ultimately get Deandre Ayton back at less than the max as his market dries up in NBA free agency. Brendon Kleen breaks down the latest on Ayton before rifling through a best-case scenario for the Suns in free agency. What Jae Crowder trade makes the most sense? Is a Landry Shamet trade realistic? And where should the Suns spend their mid-level exception?

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Now that Kyrie Irving has opted in, Kevin Durant is unlikely to be available to the Phoenix Suns or anyone. Brendon Kleen recaps the latest with the Nets and what comes next, then rifles through tons of trades involving Jae Crowder and Landry Shamet, before closing with a breakdown of how the Suns should approach the center position in NBA free agency, with or without Deandre Ayton.

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