After Irving’s decision to stay with the Nets, the suspicion that KD wanted to leave seemed to have faded. Instead came the agent’s shock request for him to GM Marks
A bolt from the blue. Yet another surreal chapter of what now seems to be the NBA soap opera: the Nets, in fact, receive a shocking request from Kevin Durant who, through his manager, communicates his will to be sold.
There really is no peace for the New York team fans who seemed to have found their smile again after Kyrie Irving’s opt-in. In fact, at least for next season, Brooklyn could try to test the Irving-Simmons-Durant “trident” in search of the right chemistry for the title race. But less than three hours after the official start of the free agency, with Marks determined to strengthen the team and perhaps to score an important trade (Ayton seemed like a goal), Durant’s manager, Rich Kleiman, let the puppeteer know about Nets the intentions of his famous client: a future far from Brooklyn. Incredible.
fibrillation
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Nba in fibrillation, of course, with several contenders who will now try to put together an important package to entice the Nets, knowing full well how much a player like KD can change the balance of a team. A superstar who has recently signed a four-year renewal that requires a trade is something absolutely rare even at a very special moment in the NBA, with the power definitely in the hands of the players. However, the Nets have no plans to discount potential buyers of what many consider, at the moment, the best basketball player in the league. The first indications say that in pole position to get to KD there would be Phoenix, a destination also appreciated by the player, with Miami as an alternative. A real bombshell that opens the free agency in the loudest possible way, destined to change the market prospects of various contenders who will try to knock on the door of the Nets. So the curtain falls in an unglorious way on the Nets project, designed by Marks, which began in practice three years ago with the agreement with the Irving-Durant couple. Title dreams left in the drawer for the Nets fans who will not easily forget the day of June 30, 2022.
June 30 – 9:31 pm
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