From day 1 in Brooklyn, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were seen as a package deal. You couldn’t have one without the other.
Kevin Durant probably doesn’t sign with the Nets if they also don’t sign Irving. Irving doesn’t actually go to the Nets if he doesn’t follow Durant. In hindsight, that may have actually worked out better for Brooklyn instead of all the chaos that has ensued over the last 3 years. But that’s neither here nor there.
