Kevin Durant # 7 of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles throughout the very first half versus the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center on May 16, 2021 in the Brooklyn district of New York City.
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Kevin Durant will stay with the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets this upcoming season, the group stated Tuesday.
The statement follows a couple frustrating seasons from the talent-packed Nets and a summer-long unpredictability about Durant’s and fellow star Kyrie Irving’s futures with the group.
The Nets were swept by the Boston Celtics in the preliminary of last season’s playoffs. Reports of Durant possibly being traded to Boston and Memphis distributed as just recently as Monday.
“We have agreed to move forward with our partnership,” read a Twitter statement from Sean Marks, the Nets’ basic supervisor. “We are focusing on basketball, with one collective goal in mind: build a lasting franchise to bring a championship to Brooklyn.”
Marks, coach Steve Nash and owners Joe and Clare Wu Tsai met Durant and his supervisor Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles on Monday to make the arrangement, according to the group. Durant, a two-time NBA champ and previous MVP, has 4 years on his agreement.
NBC Sports reported that both Durant and Irving were dissatisfied with Nash and Marks’ management with the group, partly due to Marks not offering the unvaccinated Irving a long-lasting agreement extension.
The Nets likewise prepare to keep Irving for this upcoming season, according to NBCSports The Athletic’s Shams Chania stated that Irving has actually been exercising with colleagues and holding useful discussion with the company.
The Nets play their season openerOct 19 in Brooklyn, versus the New Orleans Pelicans.
