The team’s bold trade for Kevin Durant hours after Mat Ishbia gained control of the franchise has been an unmitigated disaster, and now the worst kept secret in the NBA is that Durant will again be on the trade block when this season mercifully ends for the Suns.

“The Oklahoma City Thunder should go and get Kevin Durant back,” Smith said on ESPN's " Get Up ". With a 49-11 record, the Thunder hold the best mark in the Western Conference and have emerged as legitimate title contenders behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren.