MIAMI — Kevin Durant understands the impetus for changing the mandate was baseball, not Kyrie Irving.
It’s a reasonable conclusion after the Nets fought for months to get Irving on the Barclays Center court, then saw the involvement of the Yankees and Mets achieve fast results just two weeks before opening day in the Bronx.
“I’m not naïve to the fact that the Mets and the Yankees have a lot of power in our city,” Durant said. “And I’m sure when they all helped and had conversations with whoever they needed to talk to, they were able to push it over the top.
