What seems more likely: Kevin Durant sat down with Joe Tsai, Sean Marks and Steve Nash and hashed out all the issues he had with the team during one conversation, including his trade request, his reiteration of that trade request, and asking for Marks and Nash to be fired? Or both sides realized they don’t really have a better option than their current setup?
In a bizarre announcement, the Nets put out a statement today (complete with a logo for Durant’s media company at the bottom) saying they and Durant are moving forward with their partnership. The spin has already begun, with some sources putting out the idea to reporters this is a “long-term agreement’ between the two parties. If you believe the Nets and Durant neatly tied a bow on all their drama after this one meeting, then I have a two-bedroom apartment for you to rent for less than $1,000 in Downtown Brooklyn.
The Nets and Durant, if you remember, already made a long-term agreement! Two of them, even! KD signed a contract with Brooklyn in free agency in 2019, and then a four-year extension last summer. Obviously those agreements, which actually included legally binding paperwork, didn’t mean much to Durant when he asked out this summer. Now we’re supposed to believe the next four years are going to be smooth sailing?
