(ANSA) – NEW YORK, AUGUST 09 – There is still a verbal war between the superstar of the Brooklyn Nets Kevin Durant and the owner of the franchise, the Taiwanese entrepreneur and philanthropist with Canadian citizenship Joe Tsai, co-founder of the Alibaba group.
Durant asked to leave in June, despite the fact that last year he signed a four-year renewal, then in recent days, in a meeting with Tsai in London, he opened the possibility of staying as long as coach Steve Nash and the general manager were exonerated. Sean Marks. Durant, two-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors, had specified that he no longer believed in the validity of the choices of the Nash-Marks duo and for this reason he had specified “either me or them”. But now Tsai, with a tweet, has rejected his ultimatum: “Our front office and technical staff have all my support – the words of the franchise owner -. The decisions we make will be in the exclusive interest of the Brooklyn Nets” .
Durant had expressed his discontent after the elimination of the Nets in the first round of the playoffs, by the Boston Celtics. Brooklyn previously ended the regular season with a record of 44-38, after selling fellow superstar James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers and missing out on Kyrie Irving on many occasions due to his unvaccinated Covid status. .
Now, however, Durant will return to ask to be sold: the Celtics, the Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors are in the running for him.
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Source: Ansa
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