Kevin Durant might follow in LeBron James' footsteps and join the Miami Heat

[Scoot26]

Btw this is the current list:

PLAYER (141)	POS.	AGE	FROM	TO	2015 CAP HIT	STATUS
Kobe Bryant	SG	36	LAL	TBD	$25,000,000	UFA
Joe Johnson	SG	33	BKN	TBD	$24,894,863	UFA
LeBron James	SF	30	CLE	TBD	$21,573,398	UFA
Kevin Durant	SF	26	OKC	TBD	$20,158,622	UFA
Brook Lopez	C	27	BKN	TBD	$16,744,219	UFA
Kevin Love	PF	26	CLE	TBD	$16,744,219	RFA
Dwyane Wade	SG	33	MIA	TBD	$16,125,000	UFA
Roy Hibbert	C	28	IND	TBD	$15,514,031	UFA
Eric Gordon	SG	26	NOP	TBD	$15,514,031	UFA
David Lee	PF	31	GSW	TBD	$15,493,680	UFA
Joakim Noah	C	30	CHI	TBD	$13,900,000	UFA
Al Jefferson	C	30	CHA	TBD	$13,500,000	UFA
Nene Hilario	C	32	WAS	TBD	$13,000,000	UFA
David West	PF	34	IND	TBD	$12,600,000	UFA
Nicolas Batum	SF	26	POR	TBD	$12,235,750	UFA
Al Horford	C	28	ATL	TBD	$12,000,000	UFA
Danilo Gallinari	SF	26	DEN	TBD	$11,559,225	RFA
Brendan Haywood	C	35	CLE	TBD	$10,522,500	UFA
Thaddeus Young	SF	26	BKN	TBD	$10,221,739	UFA
Luol Deng	SF	29	MIA	TBD	$10,151,612	UFA
Gerald Wallace	SF	32	BOS	TBD	$10,105,855	UFA
Mike Conley	PG	27	MEM	TBD	$9,388,426	UFA
Jeff Green	PF	28	MEM	TBD	$9,200,000	UFA
Jordan Hill	C	27	LAL	TBD	$9,000,000	UFA
Monta Ellis	PG	29	DAL	TBD	$8,720,000	UFA
Ryan Anderson	PF	26	NOP	TBD	$8,500,000	UFA
Brandon Jennings	PG	25	DET	TBD	$8,344,497	UFA
O.J. Mayo	SG	27	MIL	TBD	$8,000,000	UFA
Ersan Ilyasova	SF	27	MIL	TBD	$7,900,000	UFA
Arron Afflalo	SG	29	POR	TBD	$7,750,000	UFA
Goran Dragic	PG	28	MIA	TBD	$7,500,000	UFA
Wilson Chandler	SF	27	DEN	TBD	$7,171,662	UFA
Anthony Davis	PF	22	NOP	TBD	$7,070,730	RFA
Marvin Williams	PF	28	CHA	TBD	$7,000,000	UFA
Greivis Vasquez	PG	28	TOR	TBD	$6,600,000	UFA
J.R. Smith	SG	29	CLE	TBD	$6,399,750	UFA
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	SF	21	CHA	TBD	$6,331,403	RFA
Gerald Henderson	SG	27	CHA	TBD	$6,000,000	UFA
Bradley Beal	SG	21	WAS	TBD	$5,694,674	RFA
Courtney Lee	SG	29	MEM	TBD	$5,675,000	UFA
Jamal Crawford	SG	35	LAC	TBD	$5,675,000	UFA
J.J Hickson	C	26	DEN	TBD	$5,613,500	UFA
Paul Pierce	SF	37	WAS	TBD	$5,543,725	UFA
Zaza Pachulia	C	31	MIL	TBD	$5,200,000	UFA
Dion Waiters	SG	23	OKC	TBD	$5,138,430	RFA
Chris Kaman	C	32	POR	TBD	$5,016,000	UFA
Chase Budinger	SF	26	MIN	TBD	$5,000,000	UFA
Chris Andersen	PF	36	MIA	TBD	$5,000,000	UFA
Timofey Mozgov	C	28	CLE	TBD	$4,950,000	UFA
Corey Brewer	SF	29	HOU	TBD	$4,905,000	UFA
Kostas Papanikolaou	SF	24	HOU	TBD	$4,797,664	RFA
Trevor Booker	PF	27	UTH	TBD	$4,775,000	UFA
Jonas Valanciunas	C	22	TOR	TBD	$4,660,482	RFA
Ben Gordon	SG	32	ORL	TBD	$4,500,000	UFA
Caron Butler	SF	35	DET	TBD	$4,500,000	UFA
Mario Chalmers	PG	28	MIA	TBD	$4,300,000	UFA
Jared Dudley	SG	29	MIL	TBD	$4,250,000	UFA
Damian Lillard	PG	24	POR	TBD	$4,236,286	RFA
Ian Mahinmi	C	28	IND	TBD	$4,000,000	UFA
Raymond Felton	PG	30	DAL	TBD	$3,950,313	UFA
Harrison Barnes	SF	22	GSW	TBD	$3,873,398	RFA
Marreese Speights	PF	27	GSW	TBD	$3,815,000	UFA
Steve Novak	SF	31	OKC	TBD	$3,750,000	UFA
Terrence Ross	SG	24	TOR	TBD	$3,553,917	RFA
Matt Barnes	SF	35	LAC	TBD	$3,542,500	UFA
Evan Turner	SF	26	BOS	TBD	$3,425,510	UFA
Andre Drummond	C	21	DET	TBD	$3,272,090	RFA
Randy Foye	PG	31	DEN	TBD	$3,135,000	UFA
Meyers Leonard	C	23	POR	TBD	$3,075,879	RFA
Jeremy Lamb	SG	22	OKC	TBD	$3,034,356	RFA
Anthony Tolliver	PF	29	DET	TBD	$3,000,000	UFA
Jerryd Bayless	PG	26	MIL	TBD	$3,000,000	UFA
D.J. Augustin	PG	27	OKC	TBD	$3,000,000	UFA
John Henson	PF	24	MIL	TBD	$2,943,221	RFA
Maurice Harkless	SF	31	ORL	TBD	$2,894,059	RFA
Brian Roberts	PG	29	CHA	TBD	$2,854,940	UFA
Mike Miller	SG	35	CLE	TBD	$2,854,940	UFA
Jameer Nelson	PG	33	DEN	TBD	$2,854,940	UFA
Kirk Hinrich	SG	34	CHI	TBD	$2,854,940	UFA
Udonis Haslem	PF	34	MIA	TBD	$2,854,940	UFA
Tyler Zeller	C	25	BOS	TBD	$2,616,975	RFA
James Johnson	PF	28	TOR	TBD	$2,500,000	UFA
Terrence Jones	PF	23	HOU	TBD	$2,489,529	RFA
Andrew Nicholson	PF	25	ORL	TBD	$2,380,593	RFA
Donatas Motiejunas	PF	24	HOU	TBD	$2,288,205	RFA
Evan Fournier	SG	22	ORL	TBD	$2,288,204	RFA
Jared Sullinger	PF	23	BOS	TBD	$2,269,260	RFA
Tony Wroten Jr.	PG	22	PHI	TBD	$2,179,354	RFA
Ramon Sessions	PG	29	WAS	TBD	$2,170,465	UFA
Beno Udrih	PG	32	MEM	TBD	$2,170,465	UFA
Danny Granger	SF	31	PHX	TBD	$2,170,465	UFA
Steve Blake	PG	35	POR	TBD	$2,170,465	UFA
Miles Plumlee	PF	26	MIL	TBD	$2,109,293	RFA
Perry Jones III	SF	23	OKC	TBD	$2,038,206	RFA
Festus Ezeli	C	25	GSW	TBD	$2,008,748	RFA
Kent Bazemore	SG	25	ATL	TBD	$2,000,000	UFA
Pablo Prigioni	PG	37	HOU	TBD	$1,734,572	UFA
Ryan Kelly	PF	24	LAL	TBD	$1,724,250	UFA
Zoran Dragic	SG	25	MIA	TBD	$1,500,000	RFA
Alan Anderson	SG	32	BKN	TBD	$1,333,484	UFA
Brandon Rush	SG	29	GSW	TBD	$1,270,964	UFA
Cartier Martin	PF	30	DET	TBD	$1,270,964	UFA
Michael Beasley	SF	26	MIA	TBD	$1,270,964	UFA
Toney Douglas	PG	29	NOP	TBD	$1,185,784	UFA
Earl Clark	SF	27	BKN	TBD	$1,185,784	UFA
Garrett Temple	SG	28	WAS	TBD	$1,100,602	UFA
Ed Davis	PF	25	LAL	TBD	$1,100,602	UFA
Al-Farouq Aminu	SF	24	DAL	TBD	$1,100,602	UFA
Jon Leuer	PF	25	MEM	TBD	$1,035,000	UFA
Henry Walker	PG	27	MIA	TBD	$1,015,421	UFA
E'Twaun Moore	SG	26	CHI	TBD	$1,015,421	UFA
Lester Hudson	PG	30	LAC	TBD	$1,015,421	UFA
Jordan Hamilton	SF	24	LAC	TBD	$1,015,421	UFA
Joey Dorsey	PF	31	HOU	TBD	$1,015,421	UFA
Hassan Whiteside	C	25	MIA	TBD	$981,348	UFA
Robert Sacre	C	25	LAL	TBD	$981,348	UFA
Jerel McNeal	PG	27	PHX	TBD	$981,348	RFA
Quincy Miller	SF	22	DET	TBD	$981,348	UFA
Phil Pressey	PG	24	BOS	TBD	$947,276	RFA
Ray McCallum	PG	23	SAC	TBD	$947,276	RFA
Jamaal Franklin	SG	23	DEN	TBD	$947,276	RFA
Dewayne Dedmon	PF	25	ORL	TBD	$947,276	UFA
Troy Daniels	SG	23	CHA	TBD	$947,276	RFA
Allen Crabbe	SG	23	POR	TBD	$947,276	RFA
Isaiah Canaan	PG	23	PHI	TBD	$947,276	RFA
Lorenzo Brown	PG	24	MIN	TBD	$947,276	RFA
Tim Frazier	PG	24	POR	TBD	$845,069	RFA
David Stockton	PG	23	SAC	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Dwight Powell	PF	23	DAL	TBD	$845,059	RFA
James McAdoo	PF	22	GSW	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Tyler Johnson	SG	21	MIA	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Corey Jefferson	PF	24	BKN	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Langston Galloway	PG	23	NYK	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Cleanthony Early	SF	23	NYK	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Jack Cooley	PF	24	UTH	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Jordan Clarkson	PG	22	LAL	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Jabari Brown	SG	22	LAL	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Markel Brown	SG	23	BKN	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Tarik Black	PF	23	LAL	TBD	$845,059	RFA
Louis Williams	SG	28	TOR	TBD	-	UFA
Jordan Farmar	PG	28	LAC	TBD	-	UFA

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Same. He strikes me as the type who would "go home". And though we said the same thing about LeBron, I think KD is more likely to go to a team that would be more ready than Miami.

Miami needs to be able to bring in multiple big free agents.. Unless Durant had two other starts he plans on bringing with him....

Either way I fully expect Miami to stock up on some big free agent (s) in 2016.

The difference here is that Lebron started out in his hometown. It's a lot different (and harder, imo) to go the route Lebron did, as opposed to starting elsewhere and going back to your hometown like Durant may do. It's really not a fair comparison, imo.

 

[clonetrooper264]

Washington makes sense for Durant if he were to bolt because you can argue there's more potential talent there than OKC. Wall and Beal in the backcourt plus Gortat and Nene up front is very solid. Otto Porter will probably be a decent player for them as well. OKC is making a strong case though with their trades for Waiters and Kanter. And of course, Westbrook is better than everyone other than Durant himself.

 

[Axl Rose]

trust me Waiters wont be the reason he stays...it may actually be the reason he leaves

 

[Scoot26]

trust me Waiters wont be the reason he stays...it may actually be the reason he leaves

Westbrook would be the reason he stays. And Waiters is an RFA that season, so if OKC doesn't want him, they don't have to keep him.

 

[clonetrooper264]

Meh I only mention Waiters because he does have talent. Definitely agree that he wouldn't be a deciding factor.

 

[BNB]

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2010/06/lebron_james.html

What was said in that article that indicated he's definitely going to stay in CLE?

This was the most telling thing of all:

JAMES: Well, I mean, to me, I think my ultimate -- my ultimate goal is winning championships and -- and I understand that me going down as one of the greats will not happen until I, you know, win a championship. So for me, the team that I decided to go toward (INAUDIBLE) in Cleveland, that ultimately has -- has the best chance for me to win a championship not one year, but multiple years. But for me to continue to get better and help that team win, I think, ultimately, would be my decision. I'm going to do what's best for me and my family.

......
"KING: And if one of these free agents was you and one was Bosh, would L.A. appeal to you?

JAMES: It's a great city. It's a great city. But at the same time, like I said, it's not always about the city. It's about winning. And I mean if you put me and Bosh on the same team, if you put me and Dwayne Wade on the same team or a lot of these -- me and Joe Johnson or -- or a lot of these guys, a lot of teams would be much better. You know, the Cavs would be much better. You know, all (INAUDIBLE)...

KING: (INAUDIBLE) your own team?

JAMES: Right. Absolutely. There are a lot of these teams that would be much better. So we'll see, you know, how it plays out."


He only said that CLE is the favorite... At the end of the day, he made it known that he wants to go to a team that's ready to win multiple championships. If CLE had found a way to get Bosh or another superstar, I'm sure he would have stayed. But they didn't, and LBJ pretty much did what he said he'd do... play for a team that's ready to win multiple rings.

 

[Crystallas]

This FA will be much drama, and the next year even more. And the fans that see the FA list as shopping lists... this is going to be a fun off-season indeed.

 

[2323]

It means you don't take anything players say seriously.

I'm not going to get in this thing where people are pretending to know what Durant is thinking based on what Lebron did once. But I'll say there were other circumstances with LeBron that have materialized or publicly surfaced with Durant yet. Your comment is so generic that few will argue with it but the two situations aren't apples to apples...at least not yet.

 

[2323]

Washington makes sense for Durant if he were to bolt because you can argue there's more potential talent there than OKC. Wall and Beal in the backcourt plus Gortat and Nene up front is very solid. Otto Porter will probably be a decent player for them as well. OKC is making a strong case though with their trades for Waiters and Kanter. And of course, Westbrook is better than everyone other than Durant himself.

Yeah. People keep saying DC. It might be true but it's hardly bulletproof speculation. To wit, Durant grew up in the middle of ACC/Big East territory. He could have gone to any number of schools in those conferences: UNC; UVa; Georgetown; Maryland; etc.. But he went to Texas instead.

If DC is so important to him, why go to Texas?

 

[clonetrooper264]

Yeah. People keep saying DC. It might be true but it's hardly bulletproof speculation. To wit, Durant grew up in the middle of ACC/Big East territory. He could have gone to any number of schools in those conferences: UNC; UVa; Georgetown; Maryland; etc.. But he went to Texas instead.

If DC is so important to him, why go to Texas?

If NY was so important to Melo, why did he go to Syracuse?

 

[Johnnyt237]

I would throw all kinds of money at Nick Batum & Bradley Beal. Possibly Mike Conley,Jr. In 2016.

 

[Axl Rose]

If NY was so important to Melo, why did he go to Syracuse?

psssst...Syracuse is in NY

 

[JimJohnson]

If Westbrook goes to the Lakers as expected, Durant will certainly stay in OKC as he will have complete ownership of the team.

 

[clonetrooper264]

psssst...Syracuse is in NY

I am not a smart man

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I would throw all kinds of money at Nick Batum & Bradley Beal. Possibly Mike Conley,Jr. In 2016.

Beal yes, not sure about the other two.

 

[BNB]

I would throw all kinds of money at Nick Batum & Bradley Beal. Possibly Mike Conley,Jr. In 2016.

Batum? Really? Have you seen how he's played since signing that big extension with the Blazers a few years ago?

 

[Axl Rose]

Beal is nice and is the type of player i like but hes been injury prone...that would be something i considered before throwing the bank at him considering with what we've dealt with

 

[Johnnyt237]

Yeah. I watch alot of trailblazer games on csnnw. He is a 3&d guy who can also get you assists. He is what I'd call a jack of all trades type. I really like Conley. He plays good defense and is a solid pro and young. I like Beal because of his potential as a scorer.