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with Kevin Durant The Brooklyn Nets have concluded Two months after Durant requested a tradeout from Brooklyn, they said it would have been best to stick together, Tuesday.
In the statement Nets general manager Sean Marks He said both sides would “move forward” with the aim of bringing an NBA championship to Brooklyn.
But that doesn’t mean everyone believes Durant will ultimately be happy where he is.
‘He seems like a miserable person,’ says NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley Said at Arizona Sports 98.7“I call him Mr. Miserable. He’ll never be happy. Everybody gave him everything on a silver platter. He was a man from Oklahoma City. They I loved him. He owned an entire state.
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“Then he went to the[Golden State]Warriors and they won back-to-back titles and he’s still not happy. Then he went to Brooklyn and they gave him everything he wanted and he’s still miserable. It’s raw.”
Barkley, who has shared his thoughts on Durant’s legacy and his two championships with Golden State many times, said Durant is the best player on the championship team and still needs one more ring. and dived back into the heritage conversation.
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“Old people, he gets mad when we say that — he piggybacked on the Warriors and won his first two championships,” Barkley said Thursday. “But looking back on his career, as a great player and a leader that goes with it, he was a terrible failure.
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“He was always a leader, a man who should have been the best player, but he wasn’t succeeding. That’s what we old people think of him.”
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Durant requested a trade from the Nets in late June after a playoff sweep by the Boston Celtics. Trade demand came after a tumultuous year for the Nets, who traded James Harden for Ben Simmons at the trade deadline. Simmons did not appear in a single game for the Nets as he dealt with a back injury.
Durant’s good friend, point guard Kyrie Irving, was limited to just 29 games during the 2021-2022 regular season due to New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Durant is unhappy with the direction of the franchise after the season, reportedly telling Nets owner Joe Tsai to either fire Marks and head coach Steve Kerr or trade him. I requested
With Durant, Irving and Simmons, the Nets should be able — at least on paper — to fight. Top Heavy Eastern ConferenceBrooklyn’s level of success will depend on whether the three enigmatic stars can stay happy all season long.