According to the leaks of ‘The Athletic’, the Brooklyn champion would have asked the coach and general manager Marks
Twist in the Durant case. Just another. He reveals it athletics, but the substance of the news had already been whispered to him for a few days. The Brooklyn champion gave Nets owner Joe Tsai an ultimatum: either kick General Manager Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash or force the sale in any way through trade. Kevin Durant has played two seasons in New York so far, with him the Nets have been eliminated in the second round of the playoffs in 2021 and in the first round in 2022. He is almost 34 years old and is under contract for another four seasons with the Big Apple franchise. . He requested the exchange from the Nets more than a month ago, but no offers have been received that were deemed satisfactory by management. Now the increase. What makes people talk …
Decompose Durant
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Let’s recap: Durant made a deal with Kyrie Irving to go play in New York two years ago. The forfeit was imposed on Marks, the principal of the Spurs school, who broke the fundamental concepts of the philosophy that shaped it and went ‘all in’ by betting on two extraordinary talents, but with gigantic side effects off the pitch. Then James Harden also arrived in Brooklyn, but with Irving and Durant it didn’t work and he forced the sale: taken for Ben Simmons. Another very questionable choice by Marks, but I repeat: it all stems from the original sin of focusing on Durant and the tandem with Irving. In the meantime, he decided not to get vaccinated and ended up playing only 29 games in the last regular season of the Nets, due to the anti-pandemic laws of New York. Then he beat the Boston playoffs 4-0 also on loan / away because they are badly mixed, dysfunctional and with an amazing dressing room. Among other things, Durant disappointed by the playoffs, unrecognizable.
Nash seduced and abandoned
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The former director, unforgettable in the jersey of the Suns, and not only, was persuaded to try his career as head coach by the Durant-Irving duo. Who was convinced they could get along more easily with a former great player than with a coach with less significant experience on the pitch. The Canadian was an absolute rookie. He had never even been an assistant coach. He jumped in the dark, trusting, like Marks, the vote of confidence of the franchise’s new star duo. He made a lot of mistakes, like Marks. Touching the grotesque when he swore and swore that Harden wouldn’t leave Brooklyn except to say goodbye a few days later. With a team with too many big names and little chemistry and a willingness to sacrifice for each other, he has shown the limits of his inexperience.
scenarios
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They are complicated. Because the owner of the Nets is between rock and anvil. He cannot give in to Durant’s blackmail because he would be tantamount to handing him the franchise, a sensational slide. Plus, in the two-year franchise in Brooklyn, the Nets’ results have been disastrous – they started both seasons to win the title and they didn’t even come close. If Durant doesn’t like Tsai, he always puts Marks in a very difficult situation. The trader becomes even more difficult, as if Gobert’s operation that broke the bank on the market hadn’t already complicated things enough. If the French center was paid to the 5 picks of the first round of Utah, how much can Durant, a talent far superior to the long European, legitimately worth? The problem is that no one, especially at this stage of the market, can afford to pay for it by going beyond these pillars of Hercules. And the suitors now know that the Nets are being cornered by the player. Durant can throw a tantrum, but Commissioner Adam Silver recently said he doesn’t like some attitudes because franchises can’t be held hostage by champions who get multi-year millionaire deals first (for Durant, that’s a $ 194 million guarantee) and then they go crazy outside. In short, he risks penalties if he exaggerates with the pout by threatening not to play.
KD e Irving
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There is more. Irving is also on a warpath with the Nets. He also asked to leave, but he didn’t have the slightest agreement. No NBA CEO has looked for him. Instead, he showed up from Los Angeles LeBron James, who would gladly take him to the Lakers. Irving has a final year on his contract with the Nets, having exercised the over $ 36 million renewal option. In short, the future of Durant and Irving seems to be intertwined again: they seem willing to be left alone on their terms. The next could be to choose the new general manager and the new coach. Bullet to the boss of the Nets: difficult to be in his place these days …
