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Kevin Durant was the one whose trade request went public, but Brooklyn Nets governor Joe Tsai may have been ready to break up this iteration of the roster regardless.
Per The Athletic’s Joe Vardon, Tsai “had already reached his limit” with this era of the Nets “after years of injuries, off-court embarrassments and playoff failures were followed by threats leaked by Irving and Durant during Brooklyn’s contract negotiations with Irving.”
Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Durant formally requested a trade on Thursday shortly before the new league year began at 6 p.m. ET.
Rich Kleiman, Durant’s business manager, told Wojnarowski that Nets general manager Sean Marks is working with them to find a trade partner.
Irving told Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium earlier in the week he was opting in to his $36.5 million salary for next season. It came after only one known team—the Los Angeles Lakers—showed interest in acquiring the seven-time All-Star in a sign-and-trade, per Wojnarowski.
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