<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nets-news-Kevin-Durant_s-trade-ultimatum-draws-strong-response-from-Joe-Tsai.jpg"></figure><h1>Kevin Durant’s trade ultimatum draws strong response from Joe Tsai</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T18:05:21-07:00">August 8th, 6:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T18:05:21-07:00">August 8th, 6:05pm</time><address><a>Trey Avant</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai has given a vote of confidence to head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks in light of Kevin Durant’s ultimatum.</p><p>Durant’s trade request has put the team in a precarious position. Do they adhere to his request and trade elsewhere or try to make it work with Durant still on the roster? For weeks, it has been assumed that Durant’s time in Brooklyn was up.</p><p>After a meeting between Durant and Tsai, it was revealed that Durant would be willing to rescind his trade request on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/">one condition:</a> Tsai needed to fire Nash and Marks.</p><p>It now appears Tsai has made his <a href="https://twitter.com/joetsai1999/status/1556791235427405824">decision</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Our front office and coaching staff have my support. We will make decisions in the best interest of the Brooklyn Nets.</p><p>— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) <a href="https://twitter.com/joetsai1999/status/1556791235427405824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><blockquote>“Our front office and coaching staff have my support. We will make decisions in the best interest of the Brooklyn Nets,” Tsai tweeted.</blockquote><p>While the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Miami Heat remain the most <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-rumors-celtics-raptors-heat-still-most-significant-candidates-to-trade-for-kevin-durant/">significant candidates</a> to acquire Durant, the trade market for the 12-time NBA All-Star is moving at a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-rumors-1-reason-kevin-durant-trade-talks-are-going-nowhere/">snail’s pace</a>.</p><p>The 2021-22 season was Nash’s second as an NBA head coach. The team struggled with injuries and Kyrie Irving was limited to just 29 games after being ruled ineligible to play home games due to New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate at the time.</p><p>During the season, James Harden was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons and after a 44-38 season and a disappointing first-round sweep, the Nets are in limbo.</p><p>Outside of Durant’s trade request, teammate Kyrie Irving is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-rumors-la-still-kyrie-irvings-preferred-landing-spot/">reportedly</a> also on the trading block. Even newcomer Ben Simmons, who has yet to play a game in Brooklyn, is in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-miami-using-bam-adebayo-to-trade-for-kevin-durant-features-ben-simmons-roadblock/">trade rumors</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kevin Durant’s trade ultimatum draws strong response from Joe Tsai

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kevin-Durant-Nets-1.jpg"></figure><h1>The overlooked factor in Nets’ Kevin Durant situation that is befuddling the NBA</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T18:04:59-07:00">August 8th, 6:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T18:04:59-07:00">August 8th, 6:04pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Another shocking twist in the Kevin Durant saga over the side of the Brooklyn Nets greeted NBA fans Monday when Shams Charania revealed that the future Hall of Famer forward and team owner Joe Tsai had a meeting over the weekend in which Durant doubled down his desire to get traded somewhere else. Moreover, Durant also let Tsai know in that meeting that Brooklyn will likely have to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/">choose</a> between him or the pair of head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks.</p><p>However, as floated by <a href="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/1556797036573474818">Ira Winderman of The Sun-Sentinel</a>,</p><p>“What is interesting about this is Kevin Durant himself never mentioned publicly anything about dissatisfaction with his coach or general manager. So Nets have moved into the realm of an owner addressing reports. These Nets are rare birds, indeed.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">What is interesting about this is Kevin Durant himself never mentioned publicly anything about dissatisfaction with his coach or general manager. So Nets have moved into the realm of an owner addressing reports. These Nets are rare birds, indeed. <a href="https://t.co/7qXiqg4uRG">https://t.co/7qXiqg4uRG</a></p><p>— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) <a href="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/1556797036573474818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It can be said that Kevin Durant’s tenure so far with the Nets has not been as fruitful as he thought it would be when he decided to sign a four-year deal worth $194.2 million back in August 2021. With the volatility of Kyrie Irving and the departure of James Harden when the Nets traded the former league MVP to the Philadelphia 76ers, Durant was left with most of the heavy-lifting duties on the floor for the Nets last season. The Nets still have Ben Simmons, which was acquired via the Harden deal, but he doesn’t seem to be enough to keep Durant happy in Brooklyn. Even then, as Winderman pointed out, Kevin Durant has never spoken negatively of Nash or Marks.</p><p>A lot can still happen between today and the start of the 2022-23 NBA season, so this Kevin Durant situation could potentially take more wild and sharp turns.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The overlooked factor in Nets’ Kevin Durant situation that is befuddling the NBA

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kyrie-Irving-hates-those-guys_-Nets-star-shares-Kevin-Durant_s-disdain-for-Steve-Nash-Sean-Marks.jpg"></figure><h1>‘Kyrie Irving hates those guys’: Nets star shares Kevin Durant’s disdain for Steve Nash, Sean Marks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T17:32:21-07:00">August 8th, 5:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T17:52:17-07:00">August 8th, 5:52pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday, Kevin Durant gave Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/" rel="noopener">ultimatum</a>. KD reiterated his demand to be traded unless Tsai opts to fire both head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks. Clearly, Durant doesn’t particularly like these two prominent members of the organization.</p><p>As it turns out, enigmatic Nets superstar Kyrie Irving shares the same disdain Durant has for Nash and Marks. According to an unnamed source who is close to the Nets, Irving can’t stand them either (via <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/08/kyrie-irving-hates-nets-steve-nash-sean-marks/">Michael Blinn of the New York Post</a>):</p><p>“Kyrie Irving hates these guys,” the source told The Post’s Josh Kosman. “He feels that Nash is terrible and Marks is bad.”</p><p>Despite the fact that the KD-Kyrie partnership seems to be coming to an end, these two are still real-life best buddies. And apparently, they agree on the fact that both Nash and Marks should be fired. It is clear that this is one major factor behind Durant’s desire to jump ship, and it is also logical to think that this could also be a reason behind Kyrie’s initial hesitation to play for Brooklyn this coming season (although he eventually opted into his deal for 2022-23).</p><p>This then begs the question: if Tsai gives Nash and Marks the ax, does this mean that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving could both remain in Brooklyn beyond this summer? It sure looks like that, especially considering how difficult it has been for the Nets to find a trade partner for KD.</p><p>The plot continues to thicken.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘Kyrie Irving hates those guys’: Nets star shares Kevin Durant’s disdain for Steve Nash, Sean Marks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Metta-Sandiford-Artest-Kawhi-Leonard-Clippers-Russell-Westbrook-Lakers-Kevin-Durant-Nets.jpeg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>EXCLUSIVE: Metta Sandiford-Artest on Lakers, Clippers, Kevin Durant trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T16:36:36-07:00">August 8th, 4:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T16:42:48-07:00">August 8th, 4:42pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his sixth season as the LA Clippers beat writer for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-Paul George era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers.In his off time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter for all Clippers content below:</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Whether he’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/ron-artest/" rel="noopener">Ron Artest</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/metta-world-peace/" rel="noopener">Metta World Peace</a>, or <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/metta-sandiford-artest/" rel="noopener">Metta Sandiford-Artest</a>, one thing that hasn’t changed is his love for the game basketball. His career spanned across 17 seasons in the NBA with six different teams, including the NBA Champion <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/lakers/" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a> back in 2010.</p><p>Despite having been retired for five seasons, Sandiford-Artest remains involved with the NBA. The 2003-04 Defensive Player of the Year was recently spotted at NBA Summer League, where he attended games, engaged with current and former peers, and even took some photos with fans.</p><p>Sandiford-Artest also stopped by for a quick chat with Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints on a number of things currently making headlines in the NBA, including Russell Westbrook, Kawhi Leonard, and Kevin Durant.</p><p><b>Tomer Azarly: <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/kevin-durant/" rel="noopener">Kevin Durant</a> has requested a trade. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/kyrie-irving/" rel="noopener">Kyrie Irving</a>‘s future remains in limbo with some of the rumors out there. You thoughts on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/brooklyn-nets/" rel="noopener">Brooklyn Nets</a> situation?</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: I think KD, he wants to win. He’s really competitive and it is what it is. Everybody’s jockeying for position to win. Players, teams, so more power to him.</p><p><b>What do you make of the shift we’ve seen where players are seemingly requesting more trades now?</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: Me personally, I requested trades really unprofessionally when I played, so I don’t really have an opinion, because the way I approached it was not professional. I can’t really give you an opinion on how another player is requesting trades, but what I can say is there’s a way to do it. And I wouldn’t do it how I did it. I would just do it straight direct to the teams and try to work it out as professionally as possible.</p><p><b>There’s been a lot of smoke around <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1545937047759728640?s=20&amp;t=33H8iicL8sN4Q32GOtzjrA">Kyrie Irving and a trade to the Lakers</a>. Your thoughts on the idea of that happening?</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: Man… I don’t want to speak too early. The reason being is I do things with the Lakers organization and I’m a fan of the team, so me personally, I wouldn’t wanna say anything like, ‘oh I would love to have Kyrie,’ knowing that it’s players there already. I’d rather wait. Other organizations, maybe I can speak on it. But certain organizations that I’m a little tight with, I don’t wanna say much. I’m talking to the players, sometimes they see me, so it’s a fine line.”</p><p><b>Do you think they can make it work with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/russell-westbrook/" rel="noopener">Russell Westbrook</a>?</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: “Yeah, I do. I’m with the team they have. I’m not thinking about, ‘they should get this person, they should get that person.’ I’m moreso thinking about the team that they have, how can that team get better? But then obviously, they’re gonna make their decisions.”</p><p><b><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/andre-iguodala/" rel="noopener">Andre Iguodala</a> recently said that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/all-time-nba-problem-child-better-than-giannis-antetokounmpo-claims-warriors-icon-andre-iguodala/">if </a><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/rasheed-wallace/" rel="noopener">Rasheed Wallace</a><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/all-time-nba-problem-child-better-than-giannis-antetokounmpo-claims-warriors-icon-andre-iguodala/"> was in the NBA today, he would be a top five player</a> and be better than <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/giannis-antetokounmpo/" rel="noopener">Giannis Antetokounmpo</a>. As someone who played against all of them, you agree? Disagree?</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: Oooh. That’s interesting. I… I wanna hear what Rasheed has to say because I believe in Rasheed’s game. I think Rasheed and Giannis would’ve had lots of battles if they did play against each other. But the fact of the matter is Giannis won a title with his team and he also won MVP and he’s dominant, so I think in terms of the era, Giannis is dominating his era. Rasheed played very well and he dominated the games in played in, but in an era, I think it was Kobe or maybe Shaq or maybe Duncan, but I do believe in Rasheed’s game. Iguodala has a lot of credibility, so I would love to hear why he said that because that’s kind of shocking to me.</p><p><b>We’ve talked about the Lakers, but wanted to get your thoughts on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/clippers/" rel="noopener">LA Clippers</a>, who are expected to get <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/kawhi-leonard/" rel="noopener">Kawhi Leonard</a> back. What are your thoughts on them?</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: Anybody in LA, I love. I live in LA. T-Lue is a Laker, also a Clipper, so I hope he does well. Hopefully we get Kawhi back. I wanna see Kawhi back. I’m not playing. I wanna see Kawhi back. So hopefully he comes back with a vengeance and comes back. I wanna see him on the court.</p><p><b>Being the defensive specialist that you were, what makes Kawhi Leonard special?</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: Kawhi is special because he’s in shape. And then he can score, and he can play defense. He’s incredible. He’s incredibly special. Is he top 75?</p><p><b>Yeah.</b></p><p>Metta Sandiford-Artest: God damn, he’s incredibly special.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

EXCLUSIVE: Metta Sandiford-Artest on Lakers, Clippers, Kevin Durant trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/This-generation-is-some-goons_-Kendrick-Perkins-blasts-Kevin-Durant-for-Nets-trade-ultimatum.jpg"></figure><h1>‘This generation is some goons!’: Kendrick Perkins blasts Kevin Durant for Nets trade ultimatum</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T14:55:55-07:00">August 8th, 2:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T14:56:36-07:00">August 8th, 2:56pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins couldn’t believe the alleged <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/" rel="noopener">trade ultimatum</a> Kevin Durant gave the Brooklyn Nets.</p><p>In case you missed it, it was revealed on Monday that Durant met with Nets owner Joe Tsai and asked to choose whether to trade him or fire head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks. As <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1556710971569315845" rel="noopener">Shams Charania of The Athletic</a> reported, Durant informed Tsai that “he does not have faith in the Nets’ direction.”</p><p>That basically means the Nets can keep Durant if they fire both Nash and Marks. However, it also shows that KD is not open to discussions and will only stay if the two are gone.</p><p>Perkins, for his part, called it a “goon” move as he blasted his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate for the trade ultimatum.</p><p>“So let’s get this straight… KD requests a trade the day after the draft, all the shit hits the fan and a month later he doubles up and calls for the jobs of the GM and the Coach?” Perkins said.</p><p>“This generation is some goons! Carry on…”</p><p>Considering that the Nets have done most of, if not everything Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving wanted, it definitely seems unfair he’s only blaming Steve Nash and Sean Marks. Not to mention that he has basically remained mum about Irving’s role in all the chaos that ensued in Brooklyn due to his COVID-19 vaccine stance.</p><p>Of course it is unknown how much is true with the rumored Durant trade ultimatum. But regardless, as Kendrick Perkins suggested, it’s not a good look for the superstar forward.</p><p>It remains to be seen what the Nets will do with KD. They did express their desire to move him after his trade request, but only at the right price. The general expectation was Brooklyn could convince him to play if they don’t get the offer they want; unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case now.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘This generation is some goons!’: Kendrick Perkins blasts Kevin Durant for Nets trade ultimatum

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nets-rumors-Kevin-Durant_s-reaction-to-shocking-Ben-Simmons-move-before-Game-4-vs.-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Kevin Durant’s reaction to shocking Ben Simmons move before Nets’ Game 4 vs. Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T14:53:31-07:00">August 8th, 2:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T14:53:31-07:00">August 8th, 2:53pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>To say that Ben Simmons’ tenure with the Brooklyn Nets has been surrounded by controversy would be an understatement. This is besides the fact that the former Rookie of the Year hasn’t even played a single minute for his new team.</p><p>One of the most contentious moments of Simmons’ time with the Nets transpired during the playoffs last season. With the Nets facing elimination in the first round against the Boston Celtics, there was a lot of hope building up with regard to Simmons potentially making his debut. In the end, however, the 26-year-old ended up sitting out the entire series as he watched his team get swept from the sidelines.</p><p>Apparently, ahead of Game 4 of the Celtics series, Simmons’ teammates asked him straight up if he intended to play. This conversation went down in the team’s group chat, which apparently, Simmons left after he was confronted with the question about his availability. Unsurprisingly, Simmons’ virtual walk-out led to a rather unsavory reaction from Nets superstar Kevin Durant (h/t <a href="https://ahnfiredigital.com/nba/brooklyn-nets/ric-bucher-says-ben-simmons-left-nets-group-chat-after-team-asked-him-to-play-in-game-4-vs-celtics/">Jonathan Sherman of AHN Fire Digital</a>):</p><blockquote>“They’re having a team chat before Game 4, thinking he’s going to play against the Boston Celtics,” Bucher said. “From what I’m told, Ben just left the chat. They asked him, ‘Are you going to play?’ Ben left the chat. Like he didn’t even answer the question, just left the chat. And K.D. (Kevin Durant) is like, ‘This is what I signed up for? This is who I’m playing with?’”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Following a Game 3 loss vs Boston, the Nets players asked Ben Simmons in a group chat if he was ready to play in Game 4. Ben Simmons did not answer the question and proceeded to leave the chat, per <a href="https://twitter.com/RicBucher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RicBucher</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHerd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheHerd</a>.</p><p>"KD was like 'This is who I'm playing with?!" 🍿 <a href="https://t.co/c5gGH7zUT1">pic.twitter.com/c5gGH7zUT1</a></p><p>— Unbiased NBA Fan (@nonbiasednbafan) <a href="https://twitter.com/nonbiasednbafan/status/1556122534243962880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Simmons did not only refuse to answer the question, but he decided to leave the chat group completely. That’s clearly taking a step too far, and it speaks volumes of the former Philadelphia 76ers star’s maturity level — or lack thereof. This is, of course, under the assumption that Bucher’s sources are accurate here.</p><p>It’s no surprise that Durant reacted the way he did after Simmons’ inexplicable move. In fact, it also wouldn’t be a complete shock to learn that KD’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/" rel="noopener">trade demand</a> also had a lot to do with not wanting to play with Ben Simmons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Kevin Durant’s reaction to shocking Ben Simmons move before Nets’ Game 4 vs. Celtics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nets-x-reasons-brooklyn-must-trade-kevin-durant-instead-of-giving-in-to-ultimatum.jpeg"></figure><h1>2 reasons Brooklyn Nets must trade Kevin Durant instead of giving in to Steve Nash-Sean Marks ultimatum</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T14:09:41-07:00">August 8th, 2:09pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T14:09:41-07:00">August 8th, 2:09pm</time><address><a>Sean Barnard</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Brooklyn Nets saga continues to get messier and messier. The franchise seemingly put all their eggs in the superstar basket when they built around Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden. The trio never was able to stay on the court together and the conflicting personalities exploded. While James Harden found his way to Philadelphia in exchange for Ben Simmons it is clear that feelings have not fully settled.</p><p>One of the largest storylines of the NBA offseason has been Kevin Durant’s unhappiness and his desire to be traded. The former MVP <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/">reinforced this belief</a> when meeting with Nets’ GM Joe Tsai today. However, Durant provided one way in which he believes his faith in the organization can be restored.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sources: Kevin Durant informed Joe Tsai that he does not have faith in the Nets‘ direction. The meeting was described as transparent and professional, with a clear message: Keep me — or the GM and coach. <a href="https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC">https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC</a> <a href="https://t.co/0lbBay2OxF">https://t.co/0lbBay2OxF</a></p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1556710971569315845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>While Kevin Durant is one of the premier talents in both the current NBA and all-time, the Nets must not make this type of sacrifice. The theme of the offseason from Brooklyn has been avoiding giving so much power to the players and fully catering to Durant in this situation would directly contradict this. While the best-case scenario is still surely for KD to remain on the Nets, here are two reasons why giving the superstar his wish and making a blockbuster trade would be in both side’s best interest.</p><h2>2 reasons Nets must trade Kevin Durant:</h2><p><b>Start from Scratch</b></p><p>It is clear the tactic of team building the Nets have gone with in recent years has not worked. While the NBA is a star-driven league, you cannot only count on your stars. The Big Three era has ended as the teams that are winning titles are much more well-rounded. The model of roster building that has shown success in recent years is finding players to optimize your star rather than purely just the most talented players.</p><p>The Nets have played a great deal of isolation basketball in recent years where Durant and Kyrie Irving seemingly take turns attempting to get their baskets. While both players are some of the best at this across the entire NBA, this play style failed to develop the team culture that is necessary for success. It also has produced questionable (at best) results in the postseason.</p><p>Trading Kevin Durant would likely bring back one of the largest packages in NBA history. This would be a great place to begin rebuilding. It is important to note that the Nets have <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/reports-nets-acquire-james-harden-trade'">traded away</a> or have agreed to a pick swap on all of their first-round picks until 2028. This is problematic when considering a full rebuild and changes their ability to fully start from scratch. However, finding a solid nucleus of young players to begin constructing a team around is absolutely a possibility. The Nets cannot enter a full rebuild but can reconstruct a roster based on what they get back. Brooklyn has rightfully kept a sky-high bar for what it would take to land the superstar, but even lowering this slightly could put the franchise in a better place moving forward.</p><p><b>Kyrie Irving Trade Piece</b></p><p>One of the forgotten pieces in the puzzle this offseason is Kyrie Irving. The Duke product has also had a turbulent tenure with the Nets franchise. Despite seemingly ready to take his talents elsewhere, Irving elected to opt into his player option and play next season with the Nets. While it certainly is not fully dependent on how the Kevin Durant situation plays out, it would seem to make sense that trading Durant would make the franchise more willing to trade Irving. Especially considering he is in his final season under contract with Brooklyn, the Nets have a great chance to use Irving as a key trade piece to complete their team.</p><p>It is unlikely that the Kevin Durant trade will provide the franchise with all the pieces they need to continue competing. However, using Kyrie Irving as a trade piece could help fill in the gaps in the roster in a major way. They may not have become the franchise cornerstones it was hoped, but Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are two of the best trade chips a franchise could have.</p><p>The Brooklyn Nets organization is certainly at a crossroads. While the ending of this era has been about as poor as the franchise could have hoped, they have a chance to right the ship by flipping the stars for better long-term pieces. The franchise must consider the possibility of Durant holding out and Irving leaving in free agency as further motivation. The bottom line is the Nets are not in a good place as a franchise and using their stars as trade pieces to begin a new era in Brooklyn may be in everyone’s best interest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2 reasons Brooklyn Nets must trade Kevin Durant instead of giving in to Steve Nash-Sean Marks ultimatum

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nets_X_reasons_Brooklyn_must_fire_Steve_Nash_Sean_Marks_in_desperate_attempt_to_appease_Kevin_Durant.jpeg"></figure><h1>2 reasons Brooklyn Nets must fire Steve Nash, Sean Marks in desperate attempt to appease Kevin Durant</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T13:40:56-07:00">August 8th, 1:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T14:13:01-07:00">August 8th, 2:13pm</time><address><a>Sean Barnard</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The drama of the NBA offseason has seemingly been at an all-time high. The most notable storyline has certainly been the trade request of Kevin Durant as he desires out of the franchise. After some reports shortly following the request of offers around the league, the talks had seemingly gone quiet. Durant recently met with Nets’ owner Joe Tsai to reinforce his desire to be traded but this time <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/">give an ultimatum</a> for what it would take for him to stay.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sources: Kevin Durant informed Joe Tsai that he does not have faith in the Nets‘ direction. The meeting was described as transparent and professional, with a clear message: Keep me — or the GM and coach. <a href="https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC">https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC</a> <a href="https://t.co/0lbBay2OxF">https://t.co/0lbBay2OxF</a></p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1556710971569315845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brooklyn is now put in a very difficult situation. It is clear that the attempt at building a superteam has already backfired as evidenced by James Harden’s departure just last season. With their backs against the wall, here is why it would be best for the Nets to fire Steve Nash and Sean Marks in order to attempt to convince their superstar to stay.</p><h2>2 reasons Brooklyn must fire Steve Nash, Sean Marks to appease Kevin Durant</h2><p><b>Lack of Draft Picks:</b></p><p>One of the important contextual details of this storyline is the lack of draft picks that the Brooklyn Nets possess. In the original trade to land James Harden from Houston they were forced to <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/reports-nets-acquire-james-harden-trade">empty these assets</a>. The Nets sent Jarrett Allen and Taurean Prince to Cleveland as well as Caris LeVert, three first-round picks (2022, 2024, 2026), and four first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) to Houston in exchange for the superstar. Not only does it hurt that Harden forced his way out, but it is even more detrimental that they no longer have these draft picks to bank on.</p><p>Under different circumstances, it would make a ton of sense to trade Kevin Durant for a haul of draft picks and begin to rebuild. However, it makes no sense for the Nets not to continue attempting to compete as it is nearly impossible to land a top draft pick. Kevin Durant would certainly improve the team that he is traded to the point where they are not in the lottery- thus devaluing the picks Brooklyn would receive. The Nets also would certainly get worse, but this does not help them as their draft pick will simply go to the Rockets.</p><p>These factors make it extremely difficult to find a trade that improves the Nets’ chances of competing for a championship. Their lack of draft picks essentially takes away the option to rebuild and firing Steve Nash and Sean Marks in an attempt to mend things with Kevin Durant is in the organization’s best interest.</p><p><b>Kevin Durant is THAT Good</b></p><p>The NBA is a star-driven league. In general, the team that lands the best player in the trade typically wins it. Unfortunately for the Nets, there are very few players who are better basketball players than Kevin Durant. This along with the fact that other teams around the NBA are aware of how Durant is not happy in Brooklyn makes it nearly impossible to improve via trade.</p><p>While giving the players too much power is the main reason the Nets have gotten into this mess, they have no choice but to see it through. Durant is clearly unhappy and has been vocal about his desire to leave, but he also is a guy who is likely to continue to show up to work and play to the best of his abilities. Acting in favor of what he wants could go a long way to improving the relationship Even amid all the drama that ensued last season, Durant found himself in the MVP conversation prior to being injured. He is still playing at an extremely high level and is one of the best players to ever play the sport. You can be critical of plenty of Durant’s off-court decisions or interactions, but his ability to play basketball is impossible to question.</p><p>Given that they can’t rebuild and that there are very few players that would be an upgrade over Durant, the best route for the Nets is attempting to fix this relationship. This is a messy situation with no clean way to handle it. However, the focus must remain on what gives the organization the best chance to win a championship. Both Sean Marks and Steve Nash have their individual strengths and weaknesses but neither should be looked at as irreplaceable. Kevin Durant is better at his job as a basketball player than either of those two are in their respective positions. It is unfortunate that they are catching a great deal of the shrapnel from this explosion but it seems Brooklyn’s only route to go. It is clear that Kevin Durant has not changed his mind about his frustration, but he has given the organization an opportunity to fix it and they should not hesitate to take it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2 reasons Brooklyn Nets must fire Steve Nash, Sean Marks in desperate attempt to appease Kevin Durant

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Joe-Tsai-Kevin-Durant-Nets-Kevin-Durant-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Nets’ bonkers private message to Kevin Durant trade suitors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T12:47:38-07:00">August 8th, 12:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T12:50:15-07:00">August 8th, 12:50pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>An absolute bombshell dropped on Monday<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/"> as Shams reported that Kevin Durant met with Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai over the weekend and essentially said to either fire Steve Nash and Sean Marks or trade him</a>. There are still three teams in particular who are in on the KD trade talks, with the Celtics, Raptors, and Heat all interested.</p><p>If any of these organizations are going to pull this off though, it will truly take <i>every single asset</i>. <a href="https://theathletic.com/3485297/2022/08/08/kevin-durant-nets-trade-steve-nash/">Via Shams</a>:</p><p>“Tsai and the Nets have made clear privately that they will take every last asset from a team that trades for Durant, sources said.”</p><p>Yikes. Remember, if Brooklyn does part ways with KD, they still want to stay competitive. It’s not rebuilding but rather just retooling. The Celtics reportedly offered a package centered around Jaylen Brown and Derrick White, but the Nets also wanted DPOY Marcus Smart. Boston wasn’t about to give him up.</p><p>Part of the reason Durant hasn’t been traded yet is because of the steep asking price. Yes, he’s a generational talent. However, organizations are still trying to keep their squads together without completely cleaning house in order to acquire the superstar.</p><p>At this point, it’s still hard to know what will happen. It feels unlikely Tsai will fire his head coach and GM just to keep Durant. That would truly be a massive headache because he’d of course have to do an extensive search and replace both. But if the Nets truly want to move forward with KD as their cornerstone, it’s the price that has to be paid. We’ll see.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets’ bonkers private message to Kevin Durant trade suitors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kevin-Durant-Nets-Heat-Raptors-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Celtics, Raptors, Heat still ‘most significant candidates’ to trade for Kevin Durant</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T12:19:06-07:00">August 8th, 12:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T12:20:50-07:00">August 8th, 12:20pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Leading up to Monday, there was a belief that Kevin Durant could ultimately stay with the Brooklyn Nets due to the lack of traction on the trade market. But, that whole storyline changed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kevin-durant-gives-joe-tsai-a-steve-nash-sean-marks-ultimatum/">after he met with owner Joe Tsai over the weekend and said he needs to either choose him or Steve Nash and Sean Marks</a>. In other words, KD wants both fired.</p><p>It remains to be seen what Tsai will decide, but there are three teams in particular that continue to call the Nets to discuss a possible Kevin Durant blockbuster: The Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, and Toronto Raptors.</p><p><a href="https://theathletic.com/3485297/2022/08/08/kevin-durant-nets-trade-steve-nash/">Via Shams:</a></p><p>“The Celtics, Toronto Raptors, and Miami Heat remain the most significant candidates to acquire Durant, sources said, with Boston’s package centering around All-Star forward Jaylen Brown seen as a viable deal.”</p><p>The C’s part is interesting. Jaylen Brown wasn’t pleased to see his name pop up in trade rumors after just helping the team make the NBA finals. But, when a player of Kevin Durant’s caliber becomes available, you pounce. The Nets also wanted Marcus Smart in a package though and that may be the only way Brooklyn actually pulls this off.</p><p>As for the Heat, they can’t include Bam Adebayo because of rules to do with two players on the same roster on rookie max deals. Ben Simmons is currently playing on one, too. Miami would be hesitant to part ways with Bam anyway, with the likes of Duncan Robinson, Tyler Herro, and perhaps even Max Strus or Gabe Vincent, plus picks of course, possibly on the table.</p><p>When it comes to the Raptors, there is one player, in particular, the Nets want for Kevin Durant: Scottie Barnes. Toronto fans do not want to see their squad give up the Rookie of the Year, who profiles to be a massive part of their future. The Raps already made it clear they won’t include Barnes.</p><p>After some quiet weeks, there is some action again. Perhaps a Kevin Durant trade could be coming sooner rather than later.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Celtics, Raptors, Heat still ‘most significant candidates’ to trade for Kevin Durant

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Kevin-Durant-Steve-Nash-Nets-Joe-Tsai.jpg"></figure><h1>Kevin Durant gives Joe Tsai a Steve Nash-Sean Marks ultimatum</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-08T11:38:32-07:00">August 8th, 11:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-08T11:55:24-07:00">August 8th, 11:55am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-rumors-1-reason-kevin-durant-trade-talks-are-going-nowhere/">hasn’t been a lot of movement on the Kevin Durant trade front</a>, but it appears he still wants to leave the Brooklyn Nets. <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1556709715266134016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1556709715266134016%7Ctwgr%5Eebc12a696658baeff1ae610a728483ed87310752%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1796604action%3Dedit">Per Shams Charania,</a> KD met with owner Joe Tsai and said either needs to choose him or fire Steve Nash and Sean Marks.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">In a meeting with Nets owner Joe Tsai, Kevin Durant reiterated his trade request and informed Tsai that Tsai needs to choose between Durant or the pairing of general manager Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash, sources say.</p><p>Story: <a href="https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC">https://t.co/W1voNf9MDC</a></p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1556709715266134016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This is a wild ultimatum from Kevin Durant. As valuable as he is to the Nets though, it feels unlikely Tsai will let go of both Nash and Marks. KD made it clear just days before free agency that he wanted out of Brooklyn and the organization has been taking calls. But, no one is yet to offer the Nets a desirable enough package to move on from the future Hall of Famer and arguably the most potent scorer in the NBA.</p><p>The Celtics reportedly offered Jaylen Brown and Derrick White along with picks just a couple of weeks ago, but Brooklyn also wanted Marcus Smart. Boston said no. The Phoenix Suns are still seen as Kevin Durant’s ideal landing spot, however, they matched the Indiana Pacers’ offer sheet for Deandre Ayton, making it unlikely they’d trade for Durant now.</p><p>As Shams noted, KD told Tsai he has zero faith in the direction of the franchise under Nash and Marks. It was a professional meeting with his message clearly received.</p><p>Nash took charge of the Nets in September of 2020 in his first head coaching job in the league. There were certainly more experienced candidates out there, but Brooklyn believed he was the right man for the job. The big 3 of Kevin Durnat, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden never worked out, with the latter forcing his way to Philly. If KD isn’t traded, there is always the possibility he could hold out in training camp. With that being said, he is an absolute gamer and would probably just play anyway because if there is one thing he loves more than anything, it’s basketball.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kevin Durant gives Joe Tsai a Steve Nash-Sean Marks ultimatum

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