NEW YORK — Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving chose the Nets. Not the other way around.
It’s an important note to remember as we unpack the end of a not-quite era of championship contention in Brooklyn: The superstars chose to be here. Then they chose not to be.
James Harden, Irving and Durant each requested a trade from the Nets in a year’s time, in that order, culminating with Thursday’s seismic trade in the still of the night that sent Durant to Phoenix for Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder and a bevy of first-round picks.
