Nba transfer market, can Kevin Durant stay in Brooklyn?

After the rumors of a Golden State interest in former Warriors Kevin Durant, Tuesday offers a new chapter of the telenovela that is capturing the attention of the entire NBA. Could KD’s future still be in Brooklyn? Several elements would seem to give at least a spark of hope to the Nets fans who would like to wake up from the nightmare of the last few days to find the team with Durant in the lineup ready to play his cards for the NBA title.

high price

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None of the many offers that have arrived on Sean Marks’ table seem to come close to the request of the Brooklyn puppeteer who wants to sell KD only on his terms. The price remains very high for what many consider the best player in the NBA and Gobert’s trade to the Timberwolves now allows the Nets, considering that market operation as a starting point, to really ask for the moon. Brooklyn therefore has no intention of letting its guard down and seems willing to extend the time, even arriving at the beginning of next season with KD still in the Nets jersey. A strategy that according to some leaves open at least a glimmer for a sensational turnaround.

“He doesn’t want to be sold”

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Could KD really get back into the ranks and forget his Kobe Bryant-style trade request (in 2007 he asked the Lakers to sell him and declared “I’m even willing to go play on Pluto”)? Difficult, even if some, like former NBA basketball player and now Espn analyst Kendrick Perkins, believe it. “In my opinion KD doesn’t want to be sold. He doesn’t make any sense, for me it’s a tactic he’s using but he doesn’t want to go away.” Even the bookmakers in Las Vegas are catching something in the air so much that the odds of the Nets dropped significantly on Tuesday, going from 50-1 for the 2023 title win to 30-1. Meanwhile, the Nets, waiting to understand what will happen with KD, continue to add interesting pieces from Royce O’Neale, who arrived via trade from Utah, passing through TJ Warren up to Edmond Summer.

Does Irving stay too?

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Nothing new even on the Kyrie Irving front with the Lakers who remain the great suitors but according to the Nba market guru Shams Charania of The Athletic at the moment the two clubs are not communicating. The idea of ​​finding themselves on their roster at the beginning of the preparation camp of the couple who arrived in Brooklyn three years ago to relaunch the franchise therefore seems an option not to be discarded a priori for the Nets. With the attention of the NBA catalyzed by Durant’s future, the free agency proceeds slowly and without blows. Active on Tuesday especially San Antonio who signs the former Thunder Isaiah Roby and also agrees for an annual contract with the 32-year-old Gorgui Dieng.