According to reporting from the Athletic’s Shams Charania, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant reiterated his trade request to team owner Joe Tsai at a recent meeting in London. Durant stated his desire to either leave the team or see the club move on from both head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks. Charania described the meeting as “transparent and professional.”
Durant is set to begin a four-year, $198 million contract this season, his sixteenth year of service in the NBA. The twelve-time All-Star will turn 34 ahead of the ’22-23 campaign.
After an unceremonious exit from the playoffs at the hands of the Boston Celtics, tensions in the Nets locker room remained. The future of Durant’s longtime friend Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn remains decidedly unclear. The fallout from years of drama on and off the court appear to have taken their toll.