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Hall of Famer Chris Mullin does not believe that the Golden State Warriors took Kevin Durant for granted. Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins said that he was not surprised of Durant’s decision to leave the Warriors because he was taken for granted in the Bay Area. However, Mullin refuted Perkins’ assessment during his appearance on […]

Kendrick Perkins says his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Kevin Durant wasn’t surprised the Golden State Warriors downgraded the severity of an Andre Iguodala injury during the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Durant returned from a calf injury during this past postseason only to rupture his Achilles tendon in the most critical of situations — Game 5 […]

DeAndre Jordan reportedly joined the chorus promoting the Brooklyn Nets over the New York Knicks to Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant before free agency started, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Jordan played for the Knicks to close out the 2018-19 season, so he knew first-hand how dysfunctional the franchise was. The […]

Shares of Madison Square Garden lost value in a big way after the New York Knicks weren’t able to sign Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in free agency. According to Daniel Strauss of Markets Insider, Madison Square Garden shares lost over $200 million in market value after the Knicks struck out in free agency. Irving […]

Charles Oakley was not surprised to see prominent free agents like Kevin Durant and others walk to the other side of the city to sign with the Brooklyn Nets, as hopes of signing KD and partnering him with Kyrie Irving came crashing down fast during the first hours of free agency. The longtime Knicks legends […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie played an interesting yet vital part in the recruitment of Kyrie Irving and consequently Kevin Durant, making his team emerge from being merely outsiders to frontrunners in the race for two of the top talents available in this free agency. According to Marc Stein of The New York Times, Dinwiddie […]

Kevin Durant’s three-year venture with the Golden State Warriors was one with plenty of ups and downs, even through all the success the team achieved during the first two seasons of his tenure there. Head coach Steve Kerr remembers telling Durant, “I don’t want to lose you,” at one point before a loss to the […]

Basketball Hall of Famer Steve Nash has shed some light on Kevin Durant’s recent decision to turn his back on the Golden State Warriors to head to New York with the Brooklyn Nets. According to Nash, Durant went into a bit of an existential crisis following his first championship with the Warriors back in 2017. […]

When Kevin Durant signed with the Warriors in the 2016 offseason, the basketball world ripped his decision to go to the team that had beaten his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. They thought it was “weak” and called him a “snake.” Two championships and two NBA Finals MVPs later, […]

Jay Williams, a former NBA player and a close confidant of Kevin Durant, believes the New York Knicks’ sudden decision to trade Kristaps Porzingis hurt their quest for landing the two-time Finals MVP in free agency. The Knicks were favored to be his best destination even before the franchise opened up two max slots to […]

People around Kevin Durant were already setting the smokescreens ahead of his awaited offseason decision, telling confidants that the two-time Finals MVP would bolt for the New York Knicks if he did leave the Golden State Warriors at the end of the season. Per Marc Berman of the New York Post: Executives and agents felt […]

Kevin Durant’s longtime manager and business partner, Rich Kleiman, had pushed Durant hard into signing with the New York Knicks, but the two-time Finals MVP wasn’t ready to take that step with a team with such a dilapidated roster. Marc Berman of the New York Post revealed how Kleiman tried to persuade Durant into inking […]

The Brooklyn Nets made the biggest splash in free agency when they signed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to four-year max deals. They have also added double-double machine DeAndre Jordan to bolster their roster, making them one of the best teams in the East on paper. However, veteran sportscaster Colin Cowherd isn’t impressed by what […]

Early in the 2018-19 season, the New York Knicks reportedly had the upper hand in locking in both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. However, somewhere along the decision-making process, the two had a ‘moment of clarity.’ According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, KD and Kyrie thought to team up and saw the […]

Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant reportedly decided on joining the Brooklyn Nets “months ago,” per Mark Murphy of Boston Herald. “I do know there was some tampering across the league,” said the source. “Kyrie and Kevin Durant were done in Brooklyn months ago.” Earlier in the 2018-19 season, Irving vowed to stay with the Celtics. […]

We’re starting to get a better understanding of why Kevin Durant left the Golden State Warriors in free agency for the Brooklyn Nets. According to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated, a lack of respect for Durant within the Warriors organization is one of the reasons the two-time Finals MVP departed from Golden State. When […]

Kevin Durant reportedly sought but never found a close bond with Stephen Curry on the Golden State Warriors, according to Marcus Thompson of The Athletic. Durant and Curry were unstoppable on the court together with the Warriors, it just looks like their relationship wasn’t that close off the court. Curry is married and has three […]

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving recognized the Brooklyn Nets had a better infrastructure over the New York Knicks by midseason, according to Howard Beck of Bleacher Report. By the time the 2019 playoffs started, Durant and Irving pretty much knew they were going to sign with the Nets and not with the Knicks, who have […]

Kevin Durant may no longer be a member of the Golden State Warriors, but his impact on the Warriors will be forever remembered, and Dubs owner Joe Lacob is immortalizing Durant by announcing that no Golden State player will ever wear the No. 35 again in a statement: “As long as I am co-chairman of […]

New Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant reportedly felt like he would always be second in place to his three-year running mate Stephen Curry on the Golden State Warriors, apparently feeling like a “distant second fiddle” during his time in the Bay Area. According to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated, that was among the reasons […]

Only a few hours after nearly all hope was lost upon news of Kevin Durant’s decision to join the Brooklyn Nets, the Golden State Warriors pulled a last-minute blockbuster trade to recoup something for his loss, bringing in D’Angelo Russell, Treveon Graham, and Shabazz Napier in return. The deal made little sense for a team […]

The Golden State Warriors are finalizing terms for a sign-and-trade with the Brooklyn Nets, sending Kevin Durant and a protected first-round pick in return for D’Angelo Russell, Treveon Graham and Shabazz Napier, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This is the second pick the Warriors have had to give up in the past 24 hours after […]

News of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving teaming up on the Brooklyn Nets has been public for less than 24 hours. They won’t be able to put pen to paper on new contracts until July 6, and there’s a chance basketball’s newest superstar tandem won’t even take the floor together until the 2020-21 season. Still, […]

Kevin Durant agreed to sign with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday evening, and while his departure from the Golden State Warriors was a move that many felt coming for a while, his decision to leave the franchise with which he won his first two NBA championships was still jarring. However, Durant’s former teammate with the […]

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith was nothing short of disgusted with how the New York Knicks went about their dealings in Day 1 of the free agency window. So much so, that Smith believes that “it’s over” for the Knicks, after Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving decided to sign for New York’s cross-town rivals, the […]

Newly acquired Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant was in a bit of a philosophical mood on Monday morning, following his blockbuster move to the Nets no less than 24 hours ago. Durant angled his inner Roman Payne in a recent Instagram post, where the two-time Finals MVP summarized his journey in the NBA thus far […]

New York Knicks fans may be agonizing over losing out on Kevin Durant now, but ESPN analyst and former NBA player Richard Jefferson feels that it might actually be a good thing in the long run: "This might be the best thing that has happened to them." —@Rjeff24 on Knicks losing out on KD pic.twitter.com/kCUz4rp19z […]

The new-founded partnership between Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving with the Brooklyn Nets is one that had been in the works well before the 2018-19 season, according to Howard Beck of Bleacher Report. The two had become good friends and agreed to one day partner up, with the dream potentially materializing sometime, somewhere in 2019. […]

The New York Knicks are on the verge of a complete meltdown following the events that went down on Day 1 of the free agency window. Knicks fans are absolutely unhappy with how things transpired on the opening day, and in an extremely NSFW rant on Twitter, veteran actor and New York die-hard fan Michael […]

Kevin Durant’s decision to leave the Golden State Warriors and pursue an opportunity with the Brooklyn Nets largely hinged in a unique opportunity to play alongside some of his close friends. The team’s recruiting pitch was simply to align Durant’s close friend Kyrie Irving and bring in another buddy of his in DeAndre Jordan, who […]

Kevin Durant is headed to the Brooklyn Nets, as the two-time Finals MVP agreed to sign a four-year, $162 million deal with the team. He may have left the Golden State Warriors after just three seasons, but he’s already done so much for the franchise. KD led them to back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018 […]

Kevin Durant made his free agency decision the moment he was allowed to. Right after free agency opened up, the superstar forward revealed that he had decided to sign with the Brooklyn Nets and join superstar point guard Kyrie Irving. It was a bit of a shock to some, but it’s a move that seems […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ popularity was already on the rise. After rocking the NBA by bringing in both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in free agency, though, the Nets appear poised to become New York City’s favorite team – and will have the gate revenue to show for it. As noted by Front Office Sports, Google […]

The Brooklyn Nets had an absolutely monstrous first day on the NBA free agency market. Not only were they able to land superstar point guard Kyrie Irving as expected, they also signed Kevin Durant away from the Golden State Warriors. Following those moves, the Nets were also able to sign star big man DeAndre Jordan. […]

The New York Knicks’ hopes were dashed again on Sunday, in especially depressing fashion. After clearing enough salary in the Kristaps Porzingis trade to sign two max-level free agents this summer, the Knicks watched their top two targets, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, agree to team up for the cross-town Brooklyn Nets mere moments into […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie took to Twitter to react on the big moves his team made on Sunday. The Nets successfully made a free-agency coup after agreeing to a deal with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, two of the top free agents on the market. Reacting on the signings, Dinwiddie blasted his critics, who […]

Bet it all on black? Sports gamblers might be saying that to themselves following the Brooklyn Nets’ stunning dual moves to get commitments from Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and signing the two All-Stars. In conjunction, however, the New York Knicks’—long rumored to be in pursuit of one or both of Durant and Irving—chances to […]

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell reacted to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne’s report that New York Knicks owner Jim Dolan and the team were “not prepared” to offer unrestricted free agent Kevin Durant a max contract due to concerns of the two-time Finals MVP’s Achilles injury recovery. Wow — Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) June 30, 2019 The Jazz […]

The Golden State Warriors might not end up empty-handed even after Kevin Durant’s departure, as it is possible for them to negotiate a sign-and-trade so they can get something in return from the Brooklyn Nets. There's a possibility Kevin Durant will engage in a sign-and-trade swap with Golden State and Brooklyn, league sources tell Yahoo […]