Nuggets Journal: Does Denver have any path into Kevin Durant trade talks?

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant, left, is defended by Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)To think, it was only 10 months ago that Kevin Durant opened Twitter — his preferred social media platform — and sparred with Nuggets fans while he was in Paris, preparing for one of the most important basketball games of his life.

Team USA had pulled off a miraculous comeback to thwart Nikola Jokic and the Serbians one day earlier in the Olympic semifinals. As the gold medal game loomed for Durant, he noticed a faction of online Nuggets fans who had been rooting against the…