The Brooklyn Nets star player Kevin Durant says he wants a trade from the NBA team partly because of the direction their New Zealand general manager Sean Marks has them going.
Sean Marks Photo: AFP
The 33 year old, 12-time All Star, has given the club an ultimatium to choose between him or Marks and coach Steve Nash.
Durant met with the Nets owner Joe Tsai on the one-year anniversary of Durant signing a four-year, $315 million extension with the Nets. He is slated to make $68 million for the 2022-23 season, to kick off that extension.
The Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat and Boston Celtics are widely reported to be the most serious players in the Durant sweepstakes.
Kevin Durant Photo: AFP
A two-time NBA Finals MVP and four-time scoring champion, Durant joined Brooklyn as a free agent in 2019 alongside Kyrie Irving.
Durant averaged 29.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 55 games this past season with the Nets, who traded fellow All-Star James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers in a blockbuster deal involving Ben Simmons.
Irving, a seven-time All-Star, picked up his $58 million option, though the Nets are said to be willing to listen to trade offers.
Durant, the 2013-14 league MVP, has career averages of 27.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 939 games with the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2007-16), Warriors (2016-19) and Nets.
The Nets were swept by the Celtics in the first round of the 2022 playoffs.
46 year old Marks played in the NBA for 13 years, before starting his coaching career in 2013.
He was named the Nets general manager in 2016.
-Reuters
