Kevin Durant Requests a Trade Out of Brooklyn
Woj Bomb! Kevin Durant is requesting a trade from the Brooklyn Nets a year after he signed a $200 million extension:
Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks is working with Kevin Durant and his business manager Rich Kleiman on finding a trade for the franchise star, Kleiman tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2022
Honestly, we all should’ve seen this coming.
The Summer of Ben Simmons self-owning continues:
Summer grind 😤
(h/t @BenSimmons25) pic.twitter.com/zTMm5csPcm
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) June 30, 2022
Not even an hour later. Lol:
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving had no contact with the franchise after Irving opted into his deal on Monday, and a sense of inevitability existed that Durant would eventually ask for a trade, sources tell ESPN. It happened today.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2022
P.S. Don’t know how valid this is from a guy who has a million followers on Snapchat and invented a company called Snapback Sports, which must be a cousin of Ballsack, but take this however you want:
SOURCES: A third team has just entered the Kevin Durant sweepstakes.
Daryl Morey and the Sixers are now all in for KD.
Harris, Maxey, Thybulle & picks
— JACK SETTLEMAN (@jacksettleman) June 30, 2022
And finally:
LOL
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) June 30, 2022