Remember that everything is a negotiation.
That said, recent rumors suggest that Courtesy of Mark SteinKevin Durant would rather retire than play another game with the Nets.
During Summer League in Las Vegas, one of the most well-connected team executives I spoke to regularly insisted to me. brooklyn netsThis was in early July.
I told the tipster I couldn’t believe it. I was a staunch subscriber to the theory that Durant the Hooper loved playing basketball too much to adopt such a stance.
now? over a month later? Giving Durant the R-word still seems seriously exaggerated, but when the Nets meet in six weeks for Media Day (September 26) and their first practice, he refuses to report back to training camp. It’s certainly getting easier to imagine what it will be like in the new season (September 27th).
If you’d like, you can attach this rumor to KD’s own tweet on Sunday. “It’s all about perspective. You say it’s dirty, but I say it’s stronger than it’s ever been.”
But as I said, it’s all about negotiation. Stein also reported on how the crisis unfolded.
For all of Irving’s love of the franchise, which he professed as a New Jersey Nets fan in his youth, he and Durant Knicks The main reason in free agency was that we felt much more willing to bend to our will in Brooklyn than in James Dolan’s New York. It’s no longer happening, so I’m confused.
Therefore, Brooklyn’s change in approach after the season is believed to be a major factor in Durant’s sudden desire to leave. and, most recently, taking extreme measures to call for the expulsion of Marks and coach Steve Nash if the Nets refused to trade him, Durant operates under the belief that The Nets suddenly changed the terms of their contract, so he’s justified in making all these rebel demands.
in the meantime, Reported by Brian Windhorst There is nothing new in KD’s trading scope:
“Ten days ago Kevin Durant and Joe Tsai met in London. Durant really tried to put pressure on Steve Nash and Sean Marks by asking them to fire them. “Nothing. Nothing is happening. The dynamics surrounding Kevin Durant have not changed at all. There has been no urgency in trade talks. No change in strategy for the Brooklyn Nets,” Windhorst told ESPN. said in
“I think what we have here is just a study of leverage. First of all, the Nets have no leverage in trade negotiations with other teams. No. They don’t see a reason to increase them, so they haven’t made any progress there, and Kevin Durant clearly has no clout in the Brooklyn Nets. I’m asking for things: “Trade me. Fire the coach. Fire the GM. He’s been told no. So denying leverage creates a stalemate.”
