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How past trade efforts for Shaq, Kobe and Kawhi might inform the Kevin Durant trade landscape

When Kevin Durant informed the Brooklyn Nets he would like to be traded away from the franchise, it kicked off one of the biggest negotiations in NBA history.

How do we know this? Because, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, half the teams across the league have already made inquiries. But it's far from the first time an all-time great player has changed teams in the NBA. In fact, over the past 20 years, it has happened time and again, from Shaquille O'Neal to Kevin Garnett to Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, just to name a few.