Marc Stein on Kevin Durant and the Raptors The Raptors are certainly coming up in those conversations Are they Raps trying to force their way into them I think a lot of people around the league believe that the answer is yes

Fischer We are still hearing that the Toronto Raptors remain a likely if not the most likely suitor for the Kings All-Star big man if he is going to be tradedKeon Ellis could have helped grease the trade conversations between Sacramento and Toronto but hes now off the board

Scotto Domantas Sabonis trade talks between the Kings and Raptors which would include RJ Barrett and Ochai Agbaji to Sacramento have paused Toronto is concerned about giving up too much first-round draft pick compensation to move Jakob Poeltl to a third team

Bill Simmons says hed take peak Kawhi over Kevin Durant If youre talking pure talent forwards this century LeBron is 1st Its probably him Kawhi vs KD for that 2nd forward spot It might be 55-45 toward Kawhi that I would lean

Windhorst People I'm talking to believe there is real momentum for this Darius Garland is getting in his head that he's gonna be a Clipper James Harden is getting in his head that he's gonna be a Cav Hes going to get taken care of

Marc Stein on Khris Middleton I know Denver would love to get him

Iko Kevin Durant at todays Rockets practice Im not here to get into Twitter nonsense My teammates know what it is weve been locked in the whole season