Will the Kevin Durant trade to Suns force the Warriors to make a big deadline splash?

Pressure is on Golden State Warriors to make a trade if it’s there

The Western Conference was wide open. So a disappointing season thus far for the defending champions could at least be salvaged by their competitors’ mediocrity.

Just as the Warriors were wrapping up another ugly road loss, news broke that the Brooklyn Nets traded Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, the centerpiece in a blockbuster deal that joins the superstar with Chris Paul, Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton in a presumed starting lineup. Days ago, the Dallas Mavericks threw in their chips — Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, a future first-round pick — for mercurial guard Kyrie Irving to form with Luka Dončić one of the most formidable-looking backcourts in the NBA.

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