译者注：本文原发表自ESPN，作者为Ramona Shelburne和Brian Windhorst，文中数据均截至发稿前（当地时间2月7日），文中观点与译者无关。
勇士队一年一度的名人扑克锦标赛吸引了来自硅谷各地的重要人物，他们愿意支付高额费用，只为能与库里及其他勇士球员、教练一起玩德州扑克。所有收益都将捐给球队的慈善基金会。目前为止，还没有任何球员赢得过这场比赛，不过小佩顿曾经进入决赛桌。通常情况下，这项赛事的冠军要么是众多参赛扑克专业选手之一，要么是硅谷风险投资大佬或科技巨头，也有可能是球队老板乔·拉科布的妻子妮可·柯伦，她已经两次夺冠。
今年的锦标赛现场格外热闹。在周六晚上9点刚过时，一则消息迅速传遍大通中心——独行侠队用25岁的超级明星卢卡·东契奇从湖人队换来了安东尼·戴维斯。一张又一张桌旁，数百位参与者纷纷掏出手机查看新闻，并拍下了当时球员们的反应。
库里对此感到震惊，他随即走向追梦格林所在的桌子，上去询问他是否知道这一交易。而此刻，格林还未了解情况，于是他们转而聚集在库里的桌边，共同查阅着ESPN记者Shams发布的信息。当晚，大通中心的人们录制了大量视频并上传至社交媒体，在东契奇被交易后，再也无法面不改色地继续打牌了。
然而，对于在场的大多数人来说，他们却不知道勇士队另一场“扑克游戏”正在暗中进行。这局“游戏”的赌注之高，与湖人与独行侠之间那笔重磅交易相提并论，而其背后的秘密动机，则是在截止日前达成一次令人瞩目的交易，以重新召回凯文·杜兰特。
到了周六晚上，当全世界仍在消化关于东契奇这笔重大交易影响的时候，多位消息人士告诉ESPN，勇士已开始与太阳深入谈判，希望能够让杜兰特重返2017年和2018年期间帮助他们获得FMVP和总冠军的平台。据悉，两支球队早在本周初就悄然开启谈判。直到1月31日太阳对阵勇士时，杜兰特及他的长期经纪人里奇-克莱曼才意识到这种惊人的讨论存在
.This was a lot for both Durant and Curry to take in. Just hours before the tournament began, they had discussed this potential reunion idea. Sources indicated that Curry wanted to know how Durant felt about returning to the team he left.
Duran expressed feelings of "not quite right" about reviving their basketball partnership at this time, adding that he's happy with his situation on the Suns and has no plans to change teams. This polite rejection disheartened Warriors decision-makers but didn't completely quash their desire to keep negotiating with Phoenix.
The last few weeks saw a high-stakes game involving three teams: The Suns eager to end an exhausting saga with their superstar; another team looking for reinforcements while placating its star player; and yet another trying desperately not just for new talent but also hoping against hope it can revive its faltering dynasty.
The final outcome?- Deal between Golden State Warriors & Miami Heat concluded Butler's trade drama while opening up what could be an uncomfortable chapter ahead for Kevin Durrant in Phoenix as negotiations heated up over him or Jimmy Butler from disgruntled heat stockpile.. .
