The Brooklyn Nets received a trade request from Kevin Durant a week ago and they appear no closer to an actual deal to send him away. Durant's two preferred teams are the Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat with the former team believed to be a clear No. 1.

"When the Nets put him on the market, I think there was going to be a tremendous bidding war," said Brian Windhorst on ESPN. "And while there's a lot of interest, from what I can tell, that bidding war isn't really hot right now. Teams have made their offers and don't really feel the need to increase them.

"Maybe we'll see a little bit of action coming out of Summer League, all of the executives are gathering in Las Vegas over the next few days and there could be a restart of action there.

"There's been a couple of thing that have happened that have even made it more complicated that involve the Utah Jazz. The Jazz make this trade with Rudy Gobert last week where they get an incredible haul of draft picks in which the Nets respond by saying 'the price for Durant just went higher.' And the rest of the league is kind of saying 'We don't think so. We don't want to pay that price. We didn't like that trade.'

"And then you look at Donovan Mitchell. After the Gobert trade, there was a belief that maybe Mitchell would be next. And maybe at some point he will be. For now, the Jazz are telling people they don't intend to trade him. And on Mitchell's side, he's going to stand pat, he's not going to force any action right now. Without Mitchell on the market, the teams are not trying to outbid each other. It doesn't make sense for teams to sell their house to pay for a car, even if that car is a Lamborghini like Kevin Durant."

Durant has four seasons remaining on his contract, but is 34 years old with an injury history and hasn't displayed an extended sense of happiness with his prior teams.