While speaking to NBA on ESPN, Shams Charania shared that the Heat potentially had a window to go after Durant. They offered Jimmy Butler and Josh Richardson, which was not enough to get a deal done. The Suns were interested in trading for Butler this summer but could not engineer a suitable trade. Durant stayed put in Phoenix.

This is about what would've been the second craziest swap of this deadline: Jimmy Butler for Kevin Durant, who, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst and Ramona Shelburne, signed of

Are we going to eviscerate the Heat for having the gumption and the audacity to look into every and any possibility? Are we going to fault Pat Riley, Andy Elisburg, the rest of the front office and ownership for exploring every and any option?