Kevin Durant agrees to remain with Nets following trade request
Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets plan to stay together after all, even after the all-star forward asked to be traded earlier this summer.
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Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets plan to stay together after all, even after the all-star forward asked to be traded earlier this summer.
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 25, 2022, Kevin Durant, #7 of the Brooklyn Nets, reacts during Game Four of the Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs against the Boston Celtics at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. – Durant has told Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai that he must choose between keeping Durant or head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks, The Athletic reported on August 8, 2022. (Photo by ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
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NBA free agency has been a frenzy since the moment the clock struck midnight Thursday, June 30, as several star athletes agreed to record-setting deals to stay the faces of their respective franchises, and a few recognizable players will be suiting up for new teams in 2022-23.
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By Jacob Lev and Ben Morse, CNN
NBA free agency is set to begin Thursday at 6 p.m. ET, and one of the biggest names in the NBA has made himself available just hours before the new league year officially begins. Kevin Durant asked Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai to be traded from the franchise on Thursday, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, despite signing a four-year, $198 million max extension in August.
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