Kevin Durant Next Team Betting Odds: Spurs, Heat, Rockets

Odds for Kevin Durant's next team can be found below, with a trade reportedly imminent per reports that began surfacing on Monday. 

Durant's preference is reportedly to land with the Heat, Rockets or Spurs after being turned down by his first choice, the New York Knicks.

Durant is favored to end up playing for the San Antonio Spurs, followed by the Heat and Rockets.

Monday's talk appeared to revolve around the Minnesota Timberwolves, but Durant says he has no desire to play there per NBA Central.

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Friday on “The Pat McAfee Show” that the Suns superstar could be traded “in the next few days”.

“There is some serious traction on conversations, on trade scenarios with the Suns,” Charania said, noting that between six and eight teams have reached out to Phoenix, but that the front office has keyed in on conversations with those three contenders in the past day or two.

Houston comes in at 9/2 odds, paying $900 for every $200 bet should he land there.

Danny Chau of The Ringer writes:

If there is a clean fit anywhere in the league, it lies in Houston, where the Rockets’ architect, Rafael Stone, has been steadfast over the years in affirming a slow-and-steady team-building approach focused on in-house talent development and a longer view for any potential contending windows. But the best teams create championship windows through consolidation, making league-shifting trades by identifying the one piece missing all along. The Bucks don’t win a ring without trading for Jrue Holiday, just like the Nuggets don’t fully realize Nikola Jokic’s peak without trading for Aaron Gordon. Houston’s lack of a reliable, efficient fourth-quarter scorer was the most obvious weakness among playoff teams in the upper echelon of the standings; it played out exactly how everyone expected in the first round against the Warriors. If Durant’s Macrobian career remains consistent even as he creeps closer to 40, there might not be a more perfect player to address the Rockets’ glaring void. Surrounded by young, bloodthirsty condors up and down the roster, Durant would be insulated from overextending on defense, while contributing as a helper in all the ways that have gone under the radar over the years. And with a relatively clean cap sheet plus plenty of young talent and future assets, even a lowball bid from the Rockets would likely clear most offers leaguewide.    

Unless a dark horse emerges from the shadows, Durant’s fate appears tied to the leverage play between Houston and Phoenix.

In his 16th season in the NBA, Durant averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists.