Kevin Durant requests trade from Nets
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 [July 01, 2022] Kevin
Durant has requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, multiple media
outlets reported on Thursday.
Nets general manager Sean Marks is working with Durant on finding a
trade partner for the 33-year-old, his business manager Rich Kleiman
told ESPN.
Yahoo! Sports reported Durant has listed the Phoenix Suns as a
preferred trade destination. ESPN cited the Suns and Miami Heat as
teams on Durant's wish list.
Durant is beginning a four-year, $194 million deal with the Nets. He
is slated to make $42.97 million for the 2022-23 season, per Spotrac.
A two-time NBA Finals MVP and 12-time All-Star, Durant joined
Brooklyn as a free agent in 2019 alongside Kyrie Irving. Durant
averaged 29.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 55 games this
past season with the Nets, who traded fellow All-Star James Harden
to the Philadelphia 76ers in a blockbuster deal involving Ben
Simmons.
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Irving, a seven-time All-Star, picked up his $36.5
million option with the Nets on Monday. ESPN reported that Durant
and Irving did not have any contact since that decision.
Durant, a four-time scoring champion, has career averages of 27.2
points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 939 games with the Seattle
SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2007-16), Golden State Warriors
(2016-19) and the Nets.
The Nets were unceremoniously swept by the Boston
Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.
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