BREAKING: Kevin Durant is STAYING in Brooklyn after Nets announce they met with the former MVP in LA and agreed to ‘move forward with our partnership’ after trade speculation
- The Brooklyn Nets are not going to trade former MVP Kevin Durant
- There had been rampant speculation they would after a disappointing season
- Durant was rumored to be upset with the team but that, apparently, changed
- The Nets say they met with him in LA and everyone agreed to move forward
- Brooklyn will reportedly also keep point guard and former All-Star, Kyrie Irving
The Brooklyn Nets are not going to trade former MVP Kevin Durant, and will instead move forward with their partnership, the team said in a statement Tuesday.
‘Steve Nash and I, together with [owners] Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai, met with Kevin Durant and [his agent] Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles yesterday,’ read the statement from Nets general manager Sean Marks. ‘We have agreed to move forward with our partnership. We are focusing on basketball, with one collective goal in mind: build a lasting franchise to bring a championship to Brooklyn.’
Tuesday’s announcement seemingly ends trade speculations surrounding Durant, who has been linked to a number of teams since the Nets were swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs back this spring.
And it’s not just Durant who will return for the Nets’ core next season.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania previously reported that disgruntled point guard Kyrie Irving is also off the trade market after Brooklyn informed teams
The Brooklyn Nets are not going to trade former MVP Kevin Durant, and will instead move forward with their partnership, the team said in a statement Tuesday
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