Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving Want Out of Brooklyn
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 17: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant #7 look on during the first quarter of Round 1 Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on April 17, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
The NBA Free Agency begins Thursday (June 30) at 6 p.m., and there’s going to be lots of drama, as always.
Both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving want to get traded out of Brooklyn. In fact, according to ESPN, “[The Nets] are prepared to lose both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.”
"[The Nets] are prepared to lose both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant."@WindhorstESPN on the state of the Nets. pic.twitter.com/7faWTkbl9j
— ESPN (@espn) June 27, 2022
Kyrie Irving: “Normal people keep the world going, but those who dare to be different lead us into tomorrow. I’ve made my decision to opt in. See you in the fall. A11even.” https://t.co/rpiS8YkSZI
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2022
Irving and Durant are set to return to Brooklyn for the 2022-2023 season, but that seems very uncertain now. Time will tell.
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