NBA rumors: What’s next for the Nets with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving returning?

The Brooklyn Nets are searching for a backup center, and free agent Tristan Thompson is a candidate, HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reports.

Kevin Durant will remain in Brooklyn after a meeting with his business manager Rich Kleiman, Nets general manager Sean Marks, coach Steve Nash, and owners Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai.

With Durant and Kyrie Irving re-committed to the Nets, the healthy returns of Ben Simmons, Joe Harris and Seth Curry, the re-signings of Nicolas Claxton and Patty Mills, along with the additions of TJ Warren and Royce O’Neale, what’s next for Brooklyn?

Below is the latest HoopsHype intel gathered on why a Durant trade never happened, how the Nets will fill out their roster, and expectations for the team according to rival executives.