Kevin Durant Wants Divorce From Brooklyn Nets!
The marriage between Kevin Durant and Brooklyn didn’t last long … the superstar wing reportedly now wants off the team…
CelebnSports247.com reports that NBA insider Shams Charania just broke the news … reporting Thursday afternoon that K.D. has requested a trade from the Nets.
The move is shocking for a myriad of reasons … No. 1 being Durant just signed a 4-year, $198 MILLION contract extension to stay with the team back in 2021.
? IT’S OFFICIAL
The Brooklyn Nets have signed @KDTrey5 to a multi-year contract extension!!! pic.twitter.com/ULopr4fquJ
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) August 8, 2021
But No. 2, Kyrie Irving — Durant’s good friend and teammate — had just agreed to stay on with the Nets.
Durant got to Brooklyn via free agency in 2019, but sat out his first year while recovering from an Achilles injury. In the ensuing two seasons, he’s averaged nearly 30 points per game.
No word yet on where Durant wants to be traded to … but we’re betting there’s no shortage of suitors.
ESPN reports:
Nets general manager Sean Marks is working with Durant and Kleiman on finding a trade, Kleiman told ESPN.
Not only is it incredibly rare for a player of Durant’s caliber to be moved in a deal, but what makes him all the more valuable as a trade chip is that he signed a four-year contract extension that kicks in this week — meaning that a team that acquires Durant will know they’ll have him through 2026.
The Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat are among the teams Kevin has on his wish list for a potential trade, sources told Wojnarowski.
