{"id":548293,"date":"2023-02-06T02:49:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T23:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-saga-may-get-uglier-durant-needs-reset-video\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T02:49:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T23:49:50","slug":"nets-saga-may-get-uglier-durant-needs-reset-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-saga-may-get-uglier-durant-needs-reset-video\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets saga may get uglier; Durant needs reset [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a28799139500\" 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-6a28799139500\" 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\/nets-saga-may-get-uglier-durant-needs-reset-video\/#Nets_saga_may_get_uglier_Durant_needs_reset_Video\" >Nets saga may get uglier; Durant needs reset [Video]<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nets_saga_may_get_uglier_Durant_needs_reset_Video\"><\/span>Nets saga may get uglier; Durant needs reset [Video]<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>Kyrie Irving got his wish and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/report-nets-trading-kyrie-irving-to-mavericks-for-spencer-dinwiddie-dorian-finney-smith-draft-picks-200453205.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:escape from Brooklyn;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">escape from Brooklyn<\/a>, 360 days after James Harden disrupted his way out of the borough.<\/p>\n<p>To bring it full circle, the last man standing shouldn\u2019t be. Kevin Durant should be next to complete the extermination of the experiment gone wrong that began with so much potential but also the probability of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/hot-takes-we-might-actually-believe-kevin-durant-brooklyn-nets-more-combustible-lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-171107756.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:combustibility;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">combustibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s probable has now finally occurred, with Irving being Dallas\u2019 problem. On one side, the musical chairs in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/standings\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Western Conference\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Western Conference<\/a> just got interesting \u2014 maybe \u2014 with that sneaky caveat labeled \u201cdefense\u201d keeping the Mavericks from leaping to the front of the line.<\/p>\n<p>On Brooklyn\u2019s side, it feels like the deck chairs are being rearranged. Getting Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith along with draft capital isn\u2019t nothing, but it doesn\u2019t put Brooklyn in position to even dream about competing with Milwaukee and Boston for supremacy in the East.<\/p>\n<p>And it probably doesn\u2019t put Durant at ease for the present or his future \u2014 even though this is the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonschreier\/status\/1622360836126789634\" data-ylk=\"slk:fourth time\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">fourth time<\/a> Irving has wrecked a team with title aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>Durant doesn\u2019t want it all on his shoulders, and it\u2019s hard to see this Brooklyn experience inspiring confidence in the front office. He <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/the-dysfunctional-nets-have-only-one-choice-trade-kevin-durant-031934825.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:asked for a trade;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">asked for a trade<\/a> last summer, but <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/kevin-durant-seemingly-ends-trade-request-after-he-and-nets-announce-they-will-move-forward-with-our-partnership-151219294.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:didn\u2019t go nuclear;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">didn\u2019t go nuclear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t act up or act out, Durant respects the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> far too much to perform the way his former teammates did in order to show management they meant business.<\/p>\n<p>But Durant\u2019s respect for the game is enough for other teams in the West to put their chips in the center of the table to offer the Nets something substantial. The dirty secret is, for what the Mavericks acquired in the shot-making Irving provides, they gave up a huge part of their identity in Finney-Smith \u2014 a rugged worker on the defensive end.<\/p>\n<p>With that, Dallas didn\u2019t put themselves in a spot to run away and hide from the rest of the West. Seeing Luka Doncic with Irving and Christian Wood on defense feels like a festival for opponents and exhaustion for the other two poor saps who have to cover for three turnstiles \u2014 while knowing they\u2019re not touching the ball on offense.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still a lot of muck to be sifted through in the next coming months, and it feels things are more wide open than they\u2019ve ever been \u2014 as in the mid-to-late \u201990s when Phoenix, Houston and Seattle were battling for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to June.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 828px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:67%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant requested a trade from the Nets once. Now that Kyrie Irving &amp;#x002014; and James Harden last year &amp;#x002014; are gone, will Durant be on the move? (AP Photo\/Paul Beaty)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/dW_wH814EU6ymFtIZvPffA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_yahoo_sports_800\/fe04ecbba98fb520f530c11a87a8ef4d\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant requested a trade from the Nets once. Now that Kyrie Irving &amp;#x002014; and James Harden last year &amp;#x002014; are gone, will Durant be on the move? (AP Photo\/Paul Beaty)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/dW_wH814EU6ymFtIZvPffA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_yahoo_sports_800\/fe04ecbba98fb520f530c11a87a8ef4d\" class=\"caas-img\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant requested a trade from the Nets once. Now that Kyrie Irving \u2014 and James Harden last year \u2014 are gone, will Durant be on the move? (AP Photo\/Paul Beaty)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Getting Durant would be the game changer of all game changers, if Brooklyn is willing to admit it doesn\u2019t have enough to be more than second-round fodder at best. While acquiring Irving doesn\u2019t elevate Dallas to certain conference finalist standing, losing Irving takes away Brooklyn\u2019s slim chance at making things interesting. Putting Durant as the lone super scorer puts too much weight on him and he\u2019ll have to perform a Houdini act when he returns just to keep the Nets afloat.<\/p>\n<p>And we saw where that led to last season, a first-round sweep to Boston, with Durant being downright exhausted by Game 3.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to point the finger at Durant, to say he deserves to lay in this bed because the Nets wouldn\u2019t have acquired Irving or accepted his antics over the last three years, getting minimal return, if not for Durant\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n<p>Same goes for Brooklyn stripping itself of valuable depth to acquire Harden, which was almost just as disastrous when he saw there was no reasoning with Irving after Irving\u2019s refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine derailed the season last year.<\/p>\n<p>If Durant wanted out over the summer, what has transpired recently that would truly make him want to stay? He\u2019s under contract and the Nets don\u2019t have to do anything. But they didn\u2019t have to do anything with the aforementioned Irving and Harden.<\/p>\n<p>Numbers are inflated across the board this season, but Durant is shooting 56% from the field (a career high) and leading the league in free-throw percentage. He\u2019s also worked his way back to being a damn good defensive player, especially one-on-one.<\/p>\n<p>The recent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/kevin-durant-sustains-mcl-sprain-in-right-knee-will-be-re-evaluated-in-two-weeks-005912110.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:MCL injury;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">MCL injury<\/a> is a concern, but just like last season it was something freakish \u2014 Miami\u2019s Jimmy Butler accidentally landing on the back of Durant\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing in Durant, assuming reasonable cost, doesn\u2019t disrupt a team\u2019s system. The beauty in his game is the fact he can exist outside of any system, anywhere. It didn\u2019t seem like Oklahoma City had a system and in Golden State, Stephen Curry <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/the-steph-curry-system-how-the-superstars-longevity-has-propelled-warriors-back-into-title-contention-225655122.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:was the system;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">was the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Durant was still Durant and will be no matter where he goes, should he choose to exit and Brooklyn obliges.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix has long been considered a Durant suitor if he reinstituted his trade demand. Despite Devin Booker being <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/suns-star-devin-booker-eyeing-return-vs-nets-after-missing-5-weeks-with-groin-injury-041413602.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:on the mend;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">on the mend<\/a> and the Suns going 8-2 in the last 10 games, it\u2019s hard to see them doing real damage being so heavily dependent on a soon-to-be 38-year-old Chris Paul.<\/p>\n<p>How about the reeling champions, the Warriors? Any trade would certainly require some salary-cap gymnastics and possibly a third team, but Durant is worth it. Denver, Memphis and Sacramento occupy the top three spots in the West and while all have had exceptional seasons to date, this isn\u2019t the West of recent vintage \u2014 even with two-time MVP Nikola Jokic reigning terror on everyone, everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, you\u2019d say wait till the offseason to make a run for Durant, and perhaps that\u2019s what 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>ens. Perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Sean Marks and the Nets want to regroup, see what happens with this reworked roster and become a more rugged team, but can they morph in a short period of time, 52 games in already?<\/p>\n<p>Just maybe there\u2019s a slim chance this isn\u2019t a total disaster for the Nets, but this might be the best chance at a return for Durant.<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity seems ripe out West and Durant could be ready to go again. It\u2019s hard to see the Nets trading him in-conference, and nobody would blame them for sending him to a different time zone.<\/p>\n<p>Even Denver should place a call, given Durant\u2019s ability to form-fit around anybody. Can you picture him on the other end of some Jokic cross-court passes and cuts? It would be illegal to watch those two work.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a level of fantasy, of course, all conjecture in the moment. Durant hasn\u2019t said anything publicly and hasn\u2019t gone to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> machine to put out questionable emojis to send the rest of the NBA world into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>Durant is the one Net whose trade request was stalled out. But might it be best for all involved to hit the reset button before this gets any uglier?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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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