Minnesota Timberwolves' rumored package for Kevin Durant was officially insane

The Kevin Durant saga is thankfully at an end, and we know he is going to suit up for the Houston Rockets next season. The 36-year-old getting another couple of chances to compete in the playoffs, and he is sure to have plenty of help thanks to the lack of assets that Houston gave up in order to get a deal done.

The package of Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th pick in this year's NBA Draft and five future second rounders enough to get the trade over the line. Suns fans are understandably unhappy that the future Hall of Fame player could be gotten for so cheap, even if he is now 36-years-old and entering the last year of his current deal.

Minnesota Timberwolves' incredible package for Durant turned away.

One organization who tried - and failed - to get in on the Durant sweepstakes as far back as the trade deadline were the Minnesota Timberwolves. We've already seen how the Suns were left embarrassed when it came to light that they didn't really know what their player wanted when they seemingly made him available in February, but Durant himself squashed a move to Minnesota a couple of weeks back.

Despite that being the case - if John Gambadoro is to be believed as he took to The Kevin O'Connor show in the wake of Durant's exit - the Timberwolves put together a wonderful offer that Phoenix looks foolish for not taking. As you can see from the haul outlined below, it would have solved so many of the team's needs.

Center Rudy Gobert is expensive and offensively-challenged at times, but he would have shored up a defense that allowed 117.7 points per game last season immediately. Donte DiVincenzo is just a better Grayson Allen, and the Suns could have then traded Allen elsewhere for more assets. Rob Dillingham is an exciting young prospect, and there's also a first round pick for this year in there too.

The reason that this didn't go ahead? As has been confirmed by other media outlets - with the Suns working with Durant to find a suitable landing spot - he seemingly turned down a few offers such as this one because he wanted to go to Houston. This forced the Suns' hand, and they took a much worse offer.

Why they were so set on looking after him is anybody's guess, it's not like future free agents are going to want to come to Phoenix after how the last two seasons have unfolded. They didn't even come under the second apron in sending Durant to the Rockets either, as the salaries had to match for a deal to work out and Green and Brooks aren't on cheap deals.

If the plan here is to re-tool around Devin Booker - and the Suns certainly have not signalled a desire to go into a rebuild yet - then not taking this offer is madness. Every single one of the players they would have gotten have more value than Brooks, while most are easier to move in this climate than Green as well. We did try to warn General Manager Brian Gregory about this job.