Brooklyn Nets Receive: G/F Jaylen Brown, C Al Horford

Boston Celtics Receive: F Kevin Durant

This trade would shock the NBA world. The explosion on NBA Twitter would cause so much damage that Elon Musk would reconsider purchasing the app.

That doesn’t mean it can’t happen. If you’ve been following this league lately, you’ve concluded that anything can.

In this era of player empowerment, player movement is at an all-time high. Star players essentially choose where they play.

Correspondingly, general managers are becoming increasingly inclined to trade players before they demand it. It’s a “you can’t fire me, I quit” dynamic that’s increasingly defining the league.

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Even outside of that context, there’s reason to believe this trade is remotely realistic.

There is a real possibility that this deal could benefit both sides.