If Kevin Durant re-injures his foot, is he worth the Net's pick?

[coffee425]

Disclaimer: I hope Kevin Durant stays healthy this year.

However... if he re-injures his foot again, it would likely result in a 4th surgery for that same body part. Knowing the history of how big-men have been so sensitive to foot injures (i.e. Yao, Bill Walton, Embiid), would you be willing to trade the Brooklyn pick for a re-injured Kevin Durant?

I would still do the trade, but I think it's worth a discussion.

[slamtheking]

depends on a medical report. 

[PhoSita]

If Durant re-injures his foot, then I think we're entering territory where a comeback for him should occur in a situation where he can play fewer minutes and pick his spots, not be expected to carry a team.

So I don't think it'd make sense for the Celts to trade for him (though I don't think the Thunder would trade him, and besides he's a FA next summer).

[Hemingway]

yeah thats the problem. Hard to trade for a guy would could leave in a year. But it's also hard to give out an extension to someone who will be coming back at an unknown level. With the cap going up and our asset pile, I would probably roll the dice as long as doctors were telling me he would still be able to play close to where he was. The cap is going up, I hate to be pessimistic but given that everyone will have money, I don't think we can count on spending the money better than a questionable KD.

[saltlover]

I think Durant wants to win enough so that Bird rights just aren't that interesting to him at this stage.  Accordingly, I think it much better to field the best team possible this year, and have the great draft picks going forward, to show him that he can win a title here.  Trading for a hypothetically injured Durant would only hurt both of those selling points.

[Fafnir]

Worth the risk if that's how it would work, but in the end he'd still have his choice of maximum salary offers from almost every team in the league.