{"id":467189,"date":"2022-06-24T19:51:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durant-speaks-on-messy-nets-kyrie-irving-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T19:51:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:51:35","slug":"kevin-durant-speaks-on-messy-nets-kyrie-irving-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-speaks-on-messy-nets-kyrie-irving-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant speaks on messy Nets-Kyrie Irving negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be6f26a532\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be6f26a532\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-speaks-on-messy-nets-kyrie-irving-negotiations\/#%E2%80%9CKevin_Durant_speaks_on_messy_Nets-Kyrie_Irving_negotiations%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Kevin Durant speaks on messy Nets-Kyrie Irving negotiations&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKevin_Durant_speaks_on_messy_Nets-Kyrie_Irving_negotiations%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Kevin Durant speaks on messy Nets-Kyrie Irving negotiations&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kevin Durant said he hasn\u2019t gotten involved in Kyrie Irving\u2019s free agency and doesn\u2019t plan to. He\u2019s just waiting for the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Irving\u2019s negotiations with the Nets have been predictably complex, leading to multiple reports that Durant would follow his friend out the door if Irving leaves. But Durant insists he\u2019s staying hands off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no involvement at all. I can\u2019t be involved with it,\u201d Durant told host Eddie Gonzalez on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/kevin-durant-is-back\/id1532060379?i=1000567576665\">an episode of Durant\u2019s \u201cThe ETCs\u201d podcast<\/a> that dropped Friday morning. \u201cThis is this man\u2019s livelihood. This is much bigger than me. Being a free agent, it\u2019s one of the most important times in your career. That can\u2019t be swayed by anybody else. I just do me and wait for the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irving has until Wednesday to pick up his $36 million player option for next season. If he declines, he would become an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing that can h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en right now,\u201d Durant said. \u201cI just let things play out and see what happens, but keep the regular contact up with Ky and see what happens. It\u2019s something that\u2019s so much out of my control that I don\u2019t want to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez did not ask whether Durant would ask for a trade if Irving leaves, and the former MVP didn\u2019t volunteer an answer. ESPN reported Thursday night that Durant has not told the Nets he would look to leave under those circumstances, but simply wants to know <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Sean Marks\u2019 plans for crafting a contender post-Irving.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nets-durant-irving.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kevin Durant #7 high-fives Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets during Game 4 against the Boston Celtics on April 25, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22794231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nets-durant-irving.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nets-durant-irving.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/nets-durant-irving.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the Nets were swept in the first round of the playoffs.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, Durant did seemingly allude to the chatter in general terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just reports, you know, that go around this time: the draft, the Finals just ended. You just got to keep that dialogue going, keep that engagement going,\u201d Durant said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on with our team. Uncertainty with Ben [Simmons] not playing with us, us being swept in the playoffs, Kyrie\u2019s situation being a free agent. \u2026 I understand why there\u2019s so much noise around us. But as individuals, you control what you can. So when the time\u2019s right, everything will work out for itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durant added, \u201cBasketball is obviously the most important thing. But I try not to let that get in the way of somebody else\u2019s personal decision. \u2026 Whatever happens, the friendship will still be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irving and Durant arrived together in Brooklyn as a package deal in June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Durant inked a four-year, $198 million extension with the Nets last summer, and it kicks in this upcoming season. Negotiations on a contract extension with Irving broke down last offseason due to his refusal to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>That refusal contributed to Irving playing just 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s last season, and he has played just 103 of a possible 226 regular-season games since joining the Nets. As a result, they want to protect themselves by giving him a shorter deal while Irving is seeking a longer max contract.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/051122Nets023CW.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks speaks to the media during a press conference at the Nets training facility on May 11, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22498062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/051122Nets023CW.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/051122Nets023CW.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/051122Nets023CW.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nets general manager Sean Marks<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nets owner Joe Tsai is believed to be backing Marks\u2019 decision to draw a line in the sand regarding Irving. And\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski\u00a0said Nets brass was fully cognizant of the risk in taking a hard line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nets knew when they entered these conversations with Kyrie Irving about his future that there was great risk about the future, about what it meant about Kevin Durant moving forward if they weren\u2019t prepared to do a max deal, a long-term max deal,\u201d\u00a0Wojnarowski\u00a0said Friday morning on\u00a0\u201cGet Up!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, they were willing to take that risk because Kyrie Irving hasn\u2019t heard from the Nets about the idea of a long-term commitment. So all of it is very much up in the air. So there\u2019s going to be a dialogue here to see this move forward, but this is a very perilous time for the future of this Nets organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wojnarowski\u00a0added that if the situation broke down and the Nets exercised the nuclear option of actually trading Durant, the return would be \u201chistoric\u201d because of his stature and the four years remaining on his contract.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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