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Apr 25, 2022; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant (7) reacts during the second quarter of game four of the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs against the Boston Celtics at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Kevin Durant has requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets, sources told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes. Per Haynes, Durant listed the Phoenix Suns as a preferred destination. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Miami Heat are also on… Source link

Amid reports of “an impasse” between the Brooklyn Nets and Kyrie Irving, the seven-time NBA All-Star will exercise the $36.9 million option on his contract for the 2022-23 season, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Irving can now sign an extension with the Nets or if the two sides cannot agree on the long-term deal Irving was seeking, he can become an unrestricted free agent next summer. The Nets could still trade him this season. Irving, an otherworldly talent and enigmatic… Source link

Kyrie Irving’s future with the Nets remains in doubt. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Kyrie Irving’s future with the Brooklyn Nets remains uncertain after he and the team are at an “impasse,” according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania: “… multiple sources tell The Athletic that conversations about Irving’s future have gone stagnant between him and the Nets. An impasse currently exists among the parties that clears the way for the seven-time All-Star to consider the open marketplace,… Source link

We have plenty of ways to show the Brooklyn Nets‘ season did not go according to plan this year — chief among them they are currently sitting at home despite employing Kevin Durant — but an assistant coach using ESPN to announce he is quitting then calling out Kyrie Irving is quite illustrative. Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire spent the last two seasons as an assistant on former teammate Steve Nash’s coaching staff. During a series of appearances on ESPN on Thursday, he revealed he… Source link

If the LeBron James-era Miami Heat marked the peak of what player empowerment can accomplish in the NBA, look no further than the 2022 postseason for its nadir. Absent: LeBron and the Los Angeles Lakers of his vision historically flamed out of the playoffs before they began. Absent as of Monday: A Brooklyn Nets squad built by, of and for Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, swept out of the first round in alarming fashion by the Boston Celtics. The two teams that entered 2021-22 as betting favorites… Source link

Nic Claxton’s free throw misses certainly can’t be blamed for Brooklyn’s stunning 4-0 series sweep at the hands of the Boston Celtics. But they didn’t help. The Nets forward surpassed Shaquille O’Neal in the NBA record books during Monday’s Game 4 loss. And not in a good way. Claxton missed his first 10 free throws in the 116-12 loss, breaking the record for most free throws without a make to start a playoff game. Per Turner Sports — O’Neal’s employer — Shaq previously held the dubious… Source link

BROOKLYN — The murmurs grew from whispers, then to a dull roar as the obvious turned to reality, the chants turning into taunts at Barclays Center. “Let’s go Celtics.” Forty-eight minutes remain between the Brooklyn Nets meeting another premature end to what was expected to be a championship season, following a borderline soulless performance against the Boston Celtics. Two championship players in the middle of their primes coming together was supposed to result in something dynastic…. Source link

Kevin Durant said he and others on the Brooklyn Nets received a vague warning that there may be some extra traffic on the way into their practice facility on Tuesday morning. After looking at their phones and realizing why, Durant was stunned. At least 16 people were injured after a man released a canister of smoke and opened fire on a train at the 36th Street subway station, according to The New York Times. That station sits about half of a mile from the Nets’ practice facility. “It’s… Source link

It should tell you something that a Spencer Dinwiddie buzzer-beating 3-pointer to beat his old Brooklyn Nets team may have only been the third-wildest shot in the game’s final 30 seconds. Before Dinwiddie ended the game, the Nets and Dallas Mavericks had fought to a 108-108 tie going into the final half-minute. With the ball, the Mavericks turned to Luka Doncic, who pushed the ball into the paint then hit a Dirk Nowitzki-esque fadeaway to silence the Barclays Center crowd. That crowd became… Source link

Kyrie Irving sat courtside to watch his Brooklyn Nets teammates beat the New York Knicks on Sunday at Barclays Center in New York City. While Kevin Durant scored 53 points in the 110-107 win, Irving watched from the stands in street clothes. Durant scored Brooklyn’s final seven points including a 3-pointer with 56.3 seconds remaining that gave the Nets the lead for good at 106-103. Irving, a star guard for the Nets, remains unable to play with his team on their home court because he is… Source link