Kevin Durant discusses what future holds for Nets’ stars: ‘I think we all three enjoy playing with each other’

The Brooklyn Nets achieved one thing most groups can solely dream of over the previous two years. They acquired three stars in Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving. Now, traditionally talking, they could have an much more troublesome activity forward of them: holding these stars. The Nets are the third group that Durant, Harden and Irving have performed for, and stars are inclined to get antsy fairly shortly if their scenario is not excellent.

Durant, Irving and Harden all have participant choices for the 2022-23 season, which means all three can develop into free brokers subsequent offseason. Thankfully for the Nets, all three are eligible for contract extensions this offseason. Durant can get virtually $198 million over 4 years. Harden can add three years for over $161 million, and Irving can tack 4 years and almost $182 million onto his deal if he needs to. Such offers would carry a good bit of threat. Harden will flip 32 this offseason, and Durant will flip 33. Irving is youthful at 29 however he has an in depth historical past of accidents. Any extension would tie these gamers to Brooklyn by way of their mid-30s.

However that hasn’t deterred the Nets. Normal supervisor Sean Marks has made it clear that he needs to maintain this group collectively. 

“It is most likely too early to start discussing what their futures are, [but] clearly we’re dedicated to them. They play an enormous function in how we’ll proceed to construct this, how we’ll drive our tradition and the id of our group,” Marks stated, in keeping with Brian Lewis of the New York Post. “What you see out there may be — once they’re wholesome — that is a really, very elite unit.”

So how do the gamers really feel about staying in Brooklyn? Kevin Durant would not decide to extending this offseason, however he indicated that he’s pleased with the Nets and that he and his teammates will every make the best particular person choices for themselves this summer season. 

“[You] like being in that setting, initially. You take pleasure in enjoying the sport, that is a very powerful factor. I feel all of us three take pleasure in enjoying with one another,” Durant stated when asked by The Post after Crew USA apply on Tuesday morning. “However that is a private factor, and guys are totally different. I am positive when the time is true I am positive we’ll all make the best choice for ourselves.”

Stars typically prioritize flexibility. Durant himself signed a sequence of one-year offers with the Golden State Warriors earlier than attending to Brooklyn. However he has crafted a really perfect scenario for himself with the Nets. He has two famous person teammates that he is aware of and likes. They employed a coach with whom he had a previous relationship. He will get to dwell in New York, one of many NBA‘s most glamorous markets. By no means say by no means within the trendy NBA, however it appears possible that Durant, Harden and Irving spend the remainder of their primes in Brooklyn competing for championships.