Kevin Durant has put an end to the rumors and announced that he wants to continue playing for the Nets. Photo: AP Photo / John Minchillo, file.
Kevin Durantwho at the end of June asked for the Brooklyn Nets to be transferred, will continue in the New York franchise after meeting the top managers of the team this Monday.
The Networks They released a statement on Tuesday that ended nearly two months of countless rumors and speculation about what the fate of this star of the world is. NBA.
“Steve Nash (Nets coach) and I (Sean Marks, Nets general manager) along with Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai (team owners) met with Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman (players coach) yesterday in Los Angeles . Angels “, the note reads.
“We have decided to continue our partnership. We are focused on basketball with a collective goal in mind: to build a lasting franchise that brings a championship to Brooklyn.”
Durant has a contract with the Nets for the next four years for a total of approximately $ 198 million.
Double NBA champion with the Golden State WarriorsDurant averaged 29.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game in the Nets’ last season.
The Brooklyn team had a campaign marked by ups and downs and controversy (on and off the field) and was eliminated in the first round of the ‘playoffs’ by the Boston Celtics with a resounding 4-0.
With Nash on the bench, Durant leads the Nets’ ambitious project in search of the ring thanks to a spectacular triangle completed by James Harden and Kyrie Irving.
However, the Nets were never able to carburetor with their trio of stars and Harden left the Nets last year for the Philadelphia 76ers (in his place was the controversial Ben Simmons).
Durant’s continuity in the Nets, whose transfer request fell like a “bombshell” in the NBA transfer market, will be pivotal in Irving’s future, in the eye of the hurricane last year for his refusal to get vaccinated against the coronavirus and that he had been playing for the past few weeks to reinforce the Los Angeles Lakers.
Source: EFE
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