NEW YORK — Nets star Kevin Durant said the NBA fumbled the bag by keeping his team off the Christmas Day slate.
“Yeah, Knicks-Nets would’ve been a great Christmas Day matchup,” Durant said. “There’s probably some people, especially with how the Knicks are playing and the way we’re playing right now, I feel like that would be the perfect matchup on Christmas.”
In the NBA’s defense, it was unclear whether or not Durant would be on the Nets this season after he requested a trade from Brooklyn this offseason. Aside from the holiday slate, the NBA also sliced Brooklyn’s number of nationally televised games from 26 to 13.
