With the Grizzlies trading Desmond Bane and getting back a nice haul, some are wondering will they go for Kevin Durant.

While the basketball world has been expecting the Phoenix Suns to trade Kevin Durant for weeks, the Memphis Grizzlies came out of left field with a blockbuster deal of their own on Sunday. They shipped out guard Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic for guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope,

Here are five possible players the Grizzlies may select with the No. 16 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, if they don’t trade the pick first.

The Memphis Grizzlies added four first-round picks and a swap in the Desmond Bane trade with the Orlando Magic.

On Sunday, the Grizzlies helped to push the first domino of the eventual NBA offseason, trading Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic for a massive haul that includ

Durant will turn 37 in September and will make $54.7 million next season, the last of the max veteran extension that he signed with the Brooklyn Nets in 2022. However, the 2007 No. 2 overall draft pick was sixth in the NBA with 26.6 points per game on 52.7 percent shooting (43 percent 3 PT) last season.

The Memphis Grizzlies' haul for Desmond Bane and what the Brooklyn Nets got last year for Mikal Bridges may not be all that instructive toward the return on a Kevin Durant trade.

Well, the first massive domino to what should be a very entertaining NBA offseason has fallen. The Memphis Grizzlies traded Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic fo