NBA/Brooklyn Nets – Chaos in Brooklyn: Kevin Durant gives Joe Tsai an ultimatum that proves him wrong

The tone is rising at the Nets. Franchise owner Joe Tsai has thrown his support behind coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks, following a news report that megastar Kevin Durant asked him to choose between keeping him or them. keep at their post. “Our administration and management staff have my support“, Joe Tsai tweeted on Monday. “We will make decisions in the best interest of the Brooklyn Nets“.

The online media The Athletic said Durant, 33, met Tsai in London for an interview during which he stressed that he no longer had confidence in the management of the team, after the pitiful elimination of the New Yorkers by Boston in the first round of the play-offs last season (4-0). The star winger, two-time NBA champion (2017 and 2018) and best player in 2014, asked to be traded in June, as he begins the first season of his lucrative four-year contract, signed a year ago. year with the Nets for an amount of 198 million dollars (194 M EUR).

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The Nets, touted as one of the favorites for the title last season, finished the regular season with a 44-38 record, falling short of expectations raised by the combination of megastars Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. This “Big Three” has never been in tune due to the moods of James Harden finally sent to Philadelphia, and the fact that Kyrie Irving has missed most of the season due to non-vaccination against the Covid -19.

The Nash-Marks tandem no longer seems to find favor in the eyes of Kevin Durant who is desperately trying to force an exchange. The first, a novice coach, arrived in 2020 and has a record of 92 wins for 62 losses in two seasons at the head of Brooklyn.

However, the owner said it would take an astronomical sum to snatch Durant from the Nets, along with players and NBA draft picks, which would result in a complex player trade arrangement that few franchises can afford. Among the teams mentioned are the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors, but since the opening of the transfer window, no franchise has managed to meet the expectations of the Nets management.

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Credit: Eurosport

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