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Brian Windhorst and Marcus Spears said on ESPN that Edwards has done absolutely zero recruiting of KD, and that he's not going to try to convince him if he doesn't want to. Have to admit I'm pretty shocked by that news

BloopOracle wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:05 pm Brian Windhorst and Marcus Spears said on ESPN that Edwards has done absolutely zero recruiting of KD, and that he's not going to try to convince him if he doesn't want to. Have to admit I'm pretty shocked by that news

I think Ant sort if stays in his own circle of family members and friends. Like he is friends with his teammates but I don’t think he does stuff outside of basketball with them. Do not talking to Durant does not surprise me.

Connelly needs to get off his knees and move on. This isn't worth embarrassing yourself.

kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:07 pm

BloopOracle wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:05 pm Brian Windhorst and Marcus Spears said on ESPN that Edwards has done absolutely zero recruiting of KD, and that he's not going to try to convince him if he doesn't want to. Have to admit I'm pretty shocked by that news

I think Ant sort if stays in his own circle of family members and friends. Like he is friends with his teammates but I don’t think he does stuff outside of basketball with them. Do not talking to Durant does not surprise me.

Massive age difference too.

Additionally, Ant kind of marches to his own drummer in ways that are sometimes unexpected.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:23 pm

kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:07 pm

BloopOracle wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:05 pm Brian Windhorst and Marcus Spears said on ESPN that Edwards has done absolutely zero recruiting of KD, and that he's not going to try to convince him if he doesn't want to. Have to admit I'm pretty shocked by that news

I think Ant sort if stays in his own circle of family members and friends. Like he is friends with his teammates but I don’t think he does stuff outside of basketball with them. Do not talking to Durant does not surprise me.

Massive age difference too.

Additionally, Ant kind of marches to his own drummer in ways that are sometimes unexpected.

We shouldn’t over-think this. I just think it’s pride and respect. Think about it from Ant’s perspective. Ant has praised Durant as his favorite player - calls KD the GOAT. He played and spent a lot of time with Durant during the Olympics. Now Durant sent word out that he doesn’t want to come to the Wolves where he could play with Ant and take a run at a championship. If I’m Ant, I’m thinking something like: “FU. You know me and you know what this team can do. If you still have no interest in coming here and have your people make that known to the rest of the world, then I’m not going to beg you to come here.”

WildWolf2813 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:14 pm Connelly needs to get off his knees and move on. This isn't worth embarrassing yourself.

Well said, WildWolf!

I’ll make a prediction and I don’t think it’s a bold one. Whatever team Durant ends up with next season will not make it to the NBA finals next season or any season thereafter while Durant is there. Houston would probably give him his best shot because the wouldn’t be giving up Sengun, Thompson or VanVleet to get him. But it doesn’t matter which team he goes to that team will probably experience a first or second round exit.

I don't understand the logic. We traded KAT because of his contract but KD makes more. We need KD for his offense but KAT has similar offensive numbers, is a good rebounder and much younger. While I am not a fan of the Rudy trade I think this would be an even worse fit for us. If you can move Randle, DDV for him I think it is worth a shot, but please don't' give him the ridiculous extension.

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:46 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:23 pm

kekgeek wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:07 pm

I think Ant sort if stays in his own circle of family members and friends. Like he is friends with his teammates but I don’t think he does stuff outside of basketball with them. Do not talking to Durant does not surprise me.

Massive age difference too.

Additionally, Ant kind of marches to his own drummer in ways that are sometimes unexpected.

We shouldn’t over-think this. I just think it’s pride and respect. Think about it from Ant’s perspective. Ant has praised Durant as his favorite player - calls KD the GOAT. He played and spent a lot of time with Durant during the Olympics. Now Durant sent word out that he doesn’t want to come to the Wolves where he could play with Ant and take a run at a championship. If I’m Ant, I’m thinking something like: “FU. You know me and you know what this team can do. If you still have no interest in coming here and have your people make that known to the rest of the world, then I’m not going to beg you to come here.”

I'm. A little surprised by this info too but like it's been said before there is a pretty big gap between these guys. It would be like calling up one of the best to do whatever it is you do and be like coke to my company and you are still only 23. Might feel weird to do that. Still Edwards is so Uber confident it feels like he would do it if asked. I coukf absolutely see him being like hell no I'm not convincing anyone to come here if they don't want to.

I think to some extent Durant has a tight circle also. I'm sure he keeps in touch with some of his past teammates a little but he seems like a guy that is gonna be chatting with everyone. Idk how much players can or are supposed to talk right now in these situations. I'll say this if there is much convincing Durant to come here then I'll say I do not want him unless the price is really palatable like Randle and some other asset like Miller or something and I kinda doubt it will be that low.

Monster wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 10:08 pm

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:46 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed Jun 18, 2025 8:23 pm

Massive age difference too.

Additionally, Ant kind of marches to his own drummer in ways that are sometimes unexpected.

We shouldn’t over-think this. I just think it’s pride and respect. Think about it from Ant’s perspective. Ant has praised Durant as his favorite player - calls KD the GOAT. He played and spent a lot of time with Durant during the Olympics. Now Durant sent word out that he doesn’t want to come to the Wolves where he could play with Ant and take a run at a championship. If I’m Ant, I’m thinking something like: “FU. You know me and you know what this team can do. If you still have no interest in coming here and have your people make that known to the rest of the world, then I’m not going to beg you to come here.”

I'm. A little surprised by this info too but like it's been said before there is a pretty big gap between these guys. It would be like calling up one of the best to do whatever it is you do and be like coke to my company and you are still only 23. Might feel weird to do that. Still Edwards is so Uber confident it feels like he would do it if asked. I coukf absolutely see him being like hell no I'm not convincing anyone to come here if they don't want to.

I think to some extent Durant has a tight circle also. I'm sure he keeps in touch with some of his past teammates a little but he seems like a guy that is gonna be chatting with everyone. Idk how much players can or are supposed to talk right now in these situations. I'll say this if there is much convincing Durant to come here then I'll say I do not want him unless the price is really palatable like Randle and some other asset like Miller or something and I kinda doubt it will be that low.

I think you hit on it, Monster. Ant isn’t a guy who would feel in the least bit shy or intimidated about reaching out to Durant. I’ll add that it can be difficult for fans or even seasoned media guys to get through to an NBA players, but star players dont’ have difficulty getting in touch with one another. Anthony Edwards was the League’s 4th leading scorer last season. He averaged 4.5 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 steals while shooing just under 40% from behind the arc. He’s probably the League’s biggest personality right now. Oh, and he led his team to the Western Conference Finals. So if I were in Ant’s shoes and Durant told the world he’s not interested in playing on my team, I wouldn’t spend one second of my precious time calling him to convince him to change his mind. Durant should relish the chance to play with Edwards on a team that’s made it to the Western Conference Finals twice in the last two seasons.

Of course, to be fair, would adding Durant but giving up Rudy and Donte make us a better team than last season? I have my doubts and maybe Durant does too. I’m not sure how much of a priority Durant puts on winning. But what seems apparent is that, to the extent he cares about winning, he tries to put himself in the easiest possible position to win. Leaving OKC to sign with the Warriors strikes me as the most obvious example. So maybe Durant has been looking closely at the potential trades and concluded that he’ll be in a better position to win going to one of the other teams than he would be playing on a Wolves team without Rudy, Donte or anyone other than the similarly 37 year old Mike Conley at PG. I question a number of things about Durant, but never his intelligence.