Kevin Durant requesting a trade from the Brooklyn Nets originally signaled a quick beginning to the end. At the moment, that is not yet the case.

In fact, reports are coming out that Durant and Kyrie Irving, who is also on the brink of leaving the Nets, may actually stay put. Durant, at the moment, has gone silent on his phone, aside from Twitter. Moving on from both of them is still a possibility but not the foregone conclusion it was previously thought to be. According to ESPN's Brian Windhorst, the trade market for Durant is not as hot as Brooklyn expected, though there is still tons of interest.

Durant is undoubtedly the best player who is available right now, either via trade or free agency. He has four more years left on his deal, none of which feature a player option, so whichever team lands him can have him for nearly half a decade. Even as the 33-year-old continues to age, he will still be a highly impactful player.

The injury concerns with Durant are real, though, He played in roughly two-thirds of the Nets' games last season and then less than half the year prior after suffering an Achilles tear. This should not turn a team off from trading for him, though.

The Nets' offseason has been built on the premise that Durant and Irving will be back. They traded a pick for Royce O'Neale and signed T.J. Warren while bringing Nicolas Claxton and Patty Mills back. Although they also lost Goran Dragic, Andre Drummond and Bruce Brown to other teams, they are still looking to be competitive.

Brooklyn, obviously, wants a historic haul of assets in return for Kevin Durant. What they get and who ends up giving it to them remains to be seen. It may not even be seen at all, at least not this offseason.