Players signed together to counter superteams. While Golden State reigned, teams built with the Warriors in mind. Haley O’Shaughnessy : Nothing will be the same as it was without Durant-rewatch the 2019 Finals for proof of that-or even as it was before he arrived in the Bay. Now, it’s time to prove that the Celtics were the issue and not him. He got what he wanted and proved yet again that in today’s league it doesn’t matter if a star player burns down a house and wants someone else to build a new one for him-star power will always get him what he wants. Good on the Nets for getting not one, but two superstars, and two whom multiple teams wanted to pair up. So we moved on to the next Irving-Celtics issue, and Irving moved on to his next weird Instagram post, but it’s impossible to look at this now, in retrospect, and see anything other than “two max slots.” I’m sorry, but you can’t convince me otherwise.
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He asked to get out of Cleveland in 2017 and got it now, he’s found a way to leave Boston and team up with the biggest free agent on the market.Īt the past All-Star Game in February, the famous video of Irving and Durant talking went viral Irving chafed at the notion that it meant anything regarding free agency. Yet he still went out on the court and spun together an All-Star season, even though it was ultimately at the detriment of a once-ascendant Celtics team. Paolo Uggetti : No one had a louder and weirder voice all of last season than Irving, whose every word created a needless, grating sense of drama. But maybe that makes us the losers for even trying.
Then again, reporting over the past few months suggested that Irving was the one persuading Durant to join him in Brooklyn Irving will now have perhaps an entire season as a Net before Durant, on the mend from that ruptured Achilles, gets to suit up.ĭurant’s motivations have been impossible to pin down, and his decision to go to Brooklyn only muddles our understanding of him even more. Maybe that’s my own projection though Irving’s deal with the Nets was leaked a day before and was forecasted for the past month, his and KD’s max contracts will become official at the same time. The Nets don’t have multiple Hall of Fame teammates waiting for him, or even much of a history of success since leaving New Jersey, but it does feel like Durant is joining something rather than building something of his own. Instead of charting a new path, Durant ended up doing basically the same thing he did in 2016. Kemba Walker and Kyrie Irving Reshape the Eastern Conference What Durant and Irving to Brooklyn Means for the NBA The Kyrie Irving Sweepstakes Is Over Let the D’Angelo Russell Sweepstakes Begin Joining a superteam and stacking titles didn’t satisfy Durant or his detractors, so maybe reviving one of the most popular franchises in sports-under the bright lights in New York-would do the trick? Yeah, about that.
Was he looking for a new challenge? Did he realize Golden State will always be Steph’s team? Did he want to live in New York? Was he sick of the wind in the Bay always frizzing his hair? We’re still not sure, but we settled on the fact that the Knicks had whatever he wanted.
But, boy, he sure does have a knack for making the least popular decision on the board, doesn’t he?Īfter mowing down everyone in the way for two straight years with the Warriors, Durant’s eye started to wander. He is a free agent, and as a free agent, he gets to choose where he wants to play and whom he wants to play with. It’s important to get that out of the way up front. Justin Verrier : Durant can do whatever the hell he wants. Here are the winners and losers of Kevin Durant’s decision to sign with the Brooklyn Nets. The dominoes of free agency are starting to fall, and the biggest one on the table is already creating aftershocks. Everything You Need to Know About NBA Free Agency 2019
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