Breaking: Kevin Durant has requested a trade; UPDATE: KD wants Sean Marks/Nash fired - Shams

[Hello Brooklyn]

The difference in the simmons situation and the Durant situation if he were to sit out is that Morey waited UNTIL a player like brown was offered for simmons. Brown IS available now. It’s possible tsai does in fact hold out but it’s also incredibly risky.

Philly had a list of guys they’d trade simmons for ; beal,dame, harden, brown etc. Philly wouldn’t budge until one of those guys became gettable. In this scenario you’d be saying no thanks to brown and rolling the dice that something else better comes along. There’s also the fact that Morey and harden have a relationship and it’s very possible Morey knew that harden was unhappy at some point and knew it was in his best interest to wait it out as there was a shot he’d become available.

Much easier Imo for the 2 teams to meet in the middle and be reasonable so the nets get a real good package and a great centerpiece and Celtics get Durant but more likely KD holds out

There is still no indication KD is willing to sit out.

Youre assuming a lot right now.

Simmons was only 24 when he decided to waste a full season. KD is 34 and probably has 1 or 2 great years left.

Yup...it’s a Kevin Durant trade thread it’s the middle of august and we are sports fans. That’s what we do. Assume and project. All of these are assumptions- you assume he’s too old to sit out. Tsai can assume he’ll find better deals. It’s Assuming thinking holding out worked for Morey so it’ll work again.

This is called an nba offseason. Simmons also didn’t have 21 million in game checks before 1 game was played that season either btw I also said “if he were to sit out”

We literally don't care if Durant sits out.

All that means if he won't get injured which is better for us.

We do have deals we would take. Jaylen + Smart and picks. If you don't meet the price, then stop worrying about getting KD.

New Orleans package will get more appealing as the season goes.

[Educator]

My goodness those of you who want to get the Durant trade over with or accept the Lakers offer for Irving are extremely delusional. Brooklyn is playing this the right way. There is no reason to settle.

As for Irving, his value is at its lowest right now, there's only one team bidding for his services, and that bid is awful. He has every reason to play hard this year and earn a max contract, so his value has nowhere to go but up. The great likelihood is that there will be more bidders with more realistic offers at some point down the road. And even if that doesn't happen, this Lakers offer isn't going anywhere. In fact, not only will it likely still be there at the trade deadline, it will likely still be there next summer (assuming they don't pull off a Hield/Turner deal) considering the Lakers will not be able to offer him a max contract. And the Nets may not want to trade Irving and Irving may not want to leave anyway. That is still a real possibility.

Brooklyn's goal is not to be a good team in 2030. It's to be a good team now, regardless of whether or not Durant and Irving are on the team. Stop with the loser mentality.

And as for Durant, it's astonishingly simple. Joe Tsai said he would act in Brooklyn's best interest. What is in Brooklyn's best interest is either getting a big return for one of the game's top 10 players or having that top 10 player on the team. There's no good offer now because there is no risk now. Everyone loves their team at the start of the season, but nothing in the NBA ever goes as planned. Teams will underperform or overperform and unexpected bidders will emerge or expected ones will drop out. The likelihood is that offers will get better as that risk gets more appreciable. There's certainly a possibility that big return never materializes, but if it doesn't, the Nets simply don't have to trade Durant and Durant will just have to deal with it. He could hold out or make it as toxic as he wants, but that's not going to move the needle because time is on Brooklyn's side. The idea of a player holding out or creating toxicity is to pressure a team into a trade so it doesn't lose that player for nothing, but Kevin Durant has a four year contract and that's simply not a realistic threat.

[GTR11]

There is still no indication KD is willing to sit out.

Youre assuming a lot right now.

Simmons was only 24 when he decided to waste a full season. KD is 34 and probably has 1 or 2 great years left.

Yup...it’s a Kevin Durant trade thread it’s the middle of august and we are sports fans. That’s what we do. Assume and project. All of these are assumptions- you assume he’s too old to sit out. Tsai can assume he’ll find better deals. It’s Assuming thinking holding out worked for Morey so it’ll work again.

This is called an nba offseason. Simmons also didn’t have 21 million in game checks before 1 game was played that season either btw I also said “if he were to sit out”

We literally don't care if Durant sits out.

All that means if he won't get injured which is better for us.

We do have deals we would take. Jaylen + Smart and picks. If you don't meet the price, then stop worrying about getting KD.

New Orleans package will get more appealing as the season goes.

Can't lose here if we being 100. Brown camp most likely already know cities where they want to be to maximize their ego. NYC, Miami and LA definitely going to be there, wonder what other cities they'd be interested in. Read that ATL could be in play too.

[GTR11]

My goodness those of you who want to get the Durant trade over with or accept the Lakers offer for Irving are extremely delusional. Brooklyn is playing this the right way. There is no reason to settle.

As for Irving, his value is at its lowest right now, there's only one team bidding for his services, and that bid is awful. He has every reason to play hard this year and earn a max contract, so his value has nowhere to go but up. The great likelihood is that there will be more bidders with more realistic offers at some point down the road. And even if that doesn't happen, this Lakers offer isn't going anywhere. In fact, not only will it likely still be there at the trade deadline, it will likely still be there next summer (assuming they don't pull off a Hield/Turner deal) considering the Lakers will not be able to offer him a max contract. And the Nets may not want to trade Irving and Irving may not want to leave anyway. That is still a real possibility.

Brooklyn's goal is not to be a good team in 2030. It's to be a good team now, regardless of whether or not Durant and Irving are on the team. Stop with the loser mentality.

And as for Durant, it's astonishingly simple. Joe Tsai said he would act in Brooklyn's best interest. What is in Brooklyn's best interest is either getting a big return for one of the game's top 10 players or having that top 10 player on the team. There's no good offer now because there is no risk now. Everyone loves their team at the start of the season, but nothing in the NBA ever goes as planned. Teams will underperform or overperform and unexpected bidders will emerge or expected ones will drop out. The likelihood is that offers will get better as that risk gets more appreciable. There's certainly a possibility that big return never materializes, but if it doesn't, the Nets simply don't have to trade Durant and Durant will just have to deal with it. He could hold out or make it as toxic as he wants, but that's not going to move the needle because time is on Brooklyn's side. The idea of a player holding out or creating toxicity is to pressure a team into a trade so it doesn't lose that player for nothing, but Kevin Durant has a four year contract and that's simply not a realistic threat.

1. Delusional, Settle . We talking about two clowns who literally created this situation and quit on this team last year, don't believe it, check the interview and reports. Their value won't get higher because teams know what they taking back. What Marks/Tsai doing is extremely confusing and don't make any sense.
2. Did you even thought what you said before posting it. Did you even wonder why other teams not willing to sign him outright. This is laughable to say least. Kyrie is a headcase and toxic when it comes to chemistry and building culture.
3. BK will be legit contender with Brown, Ben, Joe etc players we got. Also if you not planning for future, you setting yourself for failure. Take a look at Lakers and their current situation. They not getting murdered only because bubble chip, and if we going to 100 here. They not winning that chip without Covid break.
4. Oh I can't wait for this season to begin. You have no clue how player stans and media propaganda going to eradicate BK. It'll get super toxic here soon. Tsai taking huge gamble and it will bust his ass.

[zimpy27]

Thoughts on this?

This is left field but kind of works
Lakers get Simmons, Curry, Gay for Westbrook, LAL27FRP, LAL29FRP, LAL28swap
Curry, Reaves, Simmons, LeBron, Davis -- Nunn, Lonnie, THT, JTA, Bryant

Celtics get Durant for Brown, White, BOS25FRP, BOS27FRP
Brogdon, Smart, Tatum, Durant, RW3 -- Pritchard, GWill, Gallo, Horford

Net get Mitchell, Vanderbilt, Brown, White for Durant, Simmons, Curry, PHI27FRP, BKN28FRP
Kyrie, Mitchell, Brown, O'Neale, Claxton -- Mills, White, Harris, Warren, Vanderbilt

Jazz get Westbrook, BOS25FRP, BOS27FRP, PHI27FRP, LAL27FRP, BKN28FRP, LAL29FRP, LAL28swap for Mitchell, Vanderbilt, Gay
Jazz get 6 unprotected FRPs and an unprotected swap

[Paradise]

The difference in the simmons situation and the Durant situation if he were to sit out is that Morey waited UNTIL a player like brown was offered for simmons. Brown IS available now. It’s possible tsai does in fact hold out but it’s also incredibly risky.

Philly had a list of guys they’d trade simmons for ; beal,dame, harden, brown etc. Philly wouldn’t budge until one of those guys became gettable. In this scenario you’d be saying no thanks to brown and rolling the dice that something else better comes along. There’s also the fact that Morey and harden have a relationship and it’s very possible Morey knew that harden was unhappy at some point and knew it was in his best interest to wait it out as there was a shot he’d become available.

Much easier Imo for the 2 teams to meet in the middle and be reasonable so the nets get a real good package and a great centerpiece and Celtics get Durant but more likely KD holds out

There is still no indication KD is willing to sit out.

Youre assuming a lot right now.

Simmons was only 24 when he decided to waste a full season. KD is 34 and probably has 1 or 2 great years left.

He’s also coming off of a bad reputation after leaving Golden State and joining Golden State. Sitting out for half the season won’t sit well with his status or desire to tweet.

We have a great chance to compete without him if Kyrie is on board waiting to get a extension with good play and he isn’t. It hurts his demands completely.

[MagicBagley18]

There is still no indication KD is willing to sit out.

Youre assuming a lot right now.

Simmons was only 24 when he decided to waste a full season. KD is 34 and probably has 1 or 2 great years left.

Yup...it’s a Kevin Durant trade thread it’s the middle of august and we are sports fans. That’s what we do. Assume and project. All of these are assumptions- you assume he’s too old to sit out. Tsai can assume he’ll find better deals. It’s Assuming thinking holding out worked for Morey so it’ll work again.

This is called an nba offseason. Simmons also didn’t have 21 million in game checks before 1 game was played that season either btw I also said “if he were to sit out”

We literally don't care if Durant sits out.

All that means if he won't get injured which is better for us.

We do have deals we would take. Jaylen + Smart and picks. If you don't meet the price, then stop worrying about getting KD.

New Orleans package will get more appealing as the season goes.

The Celtics just made the finals....Celtics don’t seem too worried about getting Durant all that much or else it would likely be done by now. I’d be surprised if Durant steps foot in New Orleans as a pelican ever and apparently they do too since Ingram isn’t on the table because they don’t think he’d be happy there. for someone who just lectured me on assuming - that’s a very big one on your part saying that a New Orleans package gets better as the season goes on. We have no idea. Possible it gets worse too if they are playing well.

A superstar has demanded a trade and our teams are involved. It inspires good debate and conversation (at least for some of us) amongst the boards and we’ve some good nets fans on our sub forum. not sure why it bothers you so much tbh as long as it’s not contentious. the last person here I’m interested in hearing from is the guy who literally was pleading for him back like a month ago and defending him every chance he could.

You change your mind like the wind. Have a nice weekend buddy!

[Riconet]

It's a dumpster fire..... FOR NOW.... Because of Kyrie/KD's decisions the past three years. They didn't want to be coached; while they didn't choose Nash, they refused to be coached. Nash has to go for other reasons, but whatever coach the Nets have, Kyrie/KD have to be DEDICATED to a damn system.

That would be great, and I agree that KD and Kyrie caused the dumpster fire, but them buying in seems like it’s asking the impossible. They are who they are at this point. I cannot see Kyrie performing as, or for that matter even considering becoming, a team-first guy who simply does what is asked of him, plays hard and doesn’t cause any issues. (Even though doing so would literally earn him well over $100 million!). And while I didn’t used to think that about KD, I’m kinda getting there this summer.

[Hello Brooklyn]

Yup...it’s a Kevin Durant trade thread it’s the middle of august and we are sports fans. That’s what we do. Assume and project. All of these are assumptions- you assume he’s too old to sit out. Tsai can assume he’ll find better deals. It’s Assuming thinking holding out worked for Morey so it’ll work again.

This is called an nba offseason. Simmons also didn’t have 21 million in game checks before 1 game was played that season either btw I also said “if he were to sit out”

We literally don't care if Durant sits out.

All that means if he won't get injured which is better for us.

We do have deals we would take. Jaylen + Smart and picks. If you don't meet the price, then stop worrying about getting KD.

New Orleans package will get more appealing as the season goes.

The Celtics just made the finals....Celtics don’t seem too worried about getting Durant all that much or else it would likely be done by now. I’d be surprised if Durant steps foot in New Orleans as a pelican ever and apparently they do too since Ingram isn’t on the table because they don’t think he’d be happy there. for someone who just lectured me on assuming - that’s a very big one on your part saying that a New Orleans package gets better as the season goes on. We have no idea. Possible it gets worse too if they are playing well.

A superstar has demanded a trade and our teams are involved. It inspires good debate and conversation (at least for some of us) amongst the boards and we’ve some good nets fans on our sub forum. not sure why it bothers you so much tbh as long as it’s not contentious. the last person here I’m interested in hearing from is the guy who literally was pleading for him back like a month ago and defending him every chance he could.

You change your mind like the wind. Have a nice weekend buddy!

If you were not worried about getting Durant you would not be coming to our board constantly and pestering us about how you will get him.

What Durant wants is irrelevent. Imagine him sitting out the season and then sitting out again after being traded. Pretty sure that won't happen.

Yes the package will get better because New Orleans won't have a real chance of contending which will make getting KD more appealing.

Of course I defended Durant before he **** his pants in the Celtics series and then quit on us.

Crazy how things change when the circumstances change.

I seem to remember Celtics fans defending Kyrie to the death just a few years ago.

I'm sure you were as well.

I guess you all changed your mind like the wind too

[MagicBagley18]

We literally don't care if Durant sits out.

All that means if he won't get injured which is better for us.

We do have deals we would take. Jaylen + Smart and picks. If you don't meet the price, then stop worrying about getting KD.

New Orleans package will get more appealing as the season goes.

The Celtics just made the finals....Celtics don’t seem too worried about getting Durant all that much or else it would likely be done by now. I’d be surprised if Durant steps foot in New Orleans as a pelican ever and apparently they do too since Ingram isn’t on the table because they don’t think he’d be happy there. for someone who just lectured me on assuming - that’s a very big one on your part saying that a New Orleans package gets better as the season goes on. We have no idea. Possible it gets worse too if they are playing well.

A superstar has demanded a trade and our teams are involved. It inspires good debate and conversation (at least for some of us) amongst the boards and we’ve some good nets fans on our sub forum. not sure why it bothers you so much tbh as long as it’s not contentious. the last person here I’m interested in hearing from is the guy who literally was pleading for him back like a month ago and defending him every chance he could.

You change your mind like the wind. Have a nice weekend buddy!

If you were not worried about getting Durant you would not be coming to our board constantly and pestering us about how you will get him.

What Durant wants is irrelevent. Imagine him sitting out the season and then sitting out again after being traded. Pretty sure that won't happen.

Yes the package will get better because New Orleans won't have a real chance of contending which will make getting KD more appealing.

Of course I defended Durant before he **** his pants in the Celtics series and then quit on us.

Crazy how things change when the circumstances change.

I seem to remember Celtics fans defending Kyrie to the death just a few years ago.

I'm sure you were as well.

I guess you all changed your mind like the wind too

Never once said Celtics will get Durant...I don’t think they’ll include smart and brown and they can easily walk away and be fine so not sure a deal gets done much more likely it doesn’t. I think they have the assets but won’t pull the trigger so I’ve never said once how “we will get him” get those facts straight.

teams aren’t going to trade for Durant and hope he’ll play there- it’ll be communicated to teams behind closed doors he has no interest playing for them and won’t be happy and certain teams just won’t even bother. If that wasn’t the case he’d have been traded already because many teams know he’ll never ever stay or be happy there. He doesn’t have total leverage but he does have some.

if by defending kyrie- you mean us telling you that kyrie would **** you guys over just like he did us and you and others saying “he wants to be here” he won’t do us like that...sure. And now he’s conveniently “invested” in the nets in a contract year. I’m sure you guys should trust him.

Anyways I never intended to derail a thread and I’ve had good back and forths with dark, MDB and others but you are very sensitive and in your feelings for whatever reason buddy. Enjoy the season my man I’m sure everything will work out for you guys!

[Hello Brooklyn]

The Celtics just made the finals....Celtics don’t seem too worried about getting Durant all that much or else it would likely be done by now. I’d be surprised if Durant steps foot in New Orleans as a pelican ever and apparently they do too since Ingram isn’t on the table because they don’t think he’d be happy there. for someone who just lectured me on assuming - that’s a very big one on your part saying that a New Orleans package gets better as the season goes on. We have no idea. Possible it gets worse too if they are playing well.

A superstar has demanded a trade and our teams are involved. It inspires good debate and conversation (at least for some of us) amongst the boards and we’ve some good nets fans on our sub forum. not sure why it bothers you so much tbh as long as it’s not contentious. the last person here I’m interested in hearing from is the guy who literally was pleading for him back like a month ago and defending him every chance he could.

You change your mind like the wind. Have a nice weekend buddy!

If you were not worried about getting Durant you would not be coming to our board constantly and pestering us about how you will get him.

What Durant wants is irrelevent. Imagine him sitting out the season and then sitting out again after being traded. Pretty sure that won't happen.

Yes the package will get better because New Orleans won't have a real chance of contending which will make getting KD more appealing.

Of course I defended Durant before he **** his pants in the Celtics series and then quit on us.

Crazy how things change when the circumstances change.

I seem to remember Celtics fans defending Kyrie to the death just a few years ago.

I'm sure you were as well.

I guess you all changed your mind like the wind too

Never once said Celtics will get Durant...I don’t think they’ll include smart and brown and they can easily walk away and be fine so not sure a deal gets done much more likely it doesn’t. I think they have the assets but won’t pull the trigger so I’ve never said once how “we will get him” get those facts straight.

teams aren’t going to trade for Durant and hope he’ll play there- it’ll be communicated to teams behind closed doors he has no interest playing for them and won’t be happy and certain teams just won’t even bother. If that wasn’t the case he’d have been traded already because many teams know he’ll never ever stay or be happy there. He doesn’t have total leverage but he does have some.

if by defending kyrie- you mean us telling you that kyrie would **** you guys over just like he did us and you and others saying “he wants to be here” he won’t do us like that...sure. And now he’s conveniently “invested” in the nets in a contract year. I’m sure you guys should trust him.

Anyways I never intended to derail a thread and I’ve had good back and forths with dark, MDB and others but you are very sensitive and in your feelings for whatever reason buddy. Enjoy the season my man I’m sure everything will work out for you guys!

You guys defended Kyrie like crazy when he was on the Celtics. I was on this forum for all of it.

Don't pretend like that wasn't a thing.

I'm not sensitive because I don't agree with your lazy analysis.

Don't get your panties in a bunch because I challenged your takes.

[MagicBagley18]

If you were not worried about getting Durant you would not be coming to our board constantly and pestering us about how you will get him.

What Durant wants is irrelevent. Imagine him sitting out the season and then sitting out again after being traded. Pretty sure that won't happen.

Yes the package will get better because New Orleans won't have a real chance of contending which will make getting KD more appealing.

Of course I defended Durant before he **** his pants in the Celtics series and then quit on us.

Crazy how things change when the circumstances change.

I seem to remember Celtics fans defending Kyrie to the death just a few years ago.

I'm sure you were as well.

I guess you all changed your mind like the wind too

Never once said Celtics will get Durant...I don’t think they’ll include smart and brown and they can easily walk away and be fine so not sure a deal gets done much more likely it doesn’t. I think they have the assets but won’t pull the trigger so I’ve never said once how “we will get him” get those facts straight.

teams aren’t going to trade for Durant and hope he’ll play there- it’ll be communicated to teams behind closed doors he has no interest playing for them and won’t be happy and certain teams just won’t even bother. If that wasn’t the case he’d have been traded already because many teams know he’ll never ever stay or be happy there. He doesn’t have total leverage but he does have some.

if by defending kyrie- you mean us telling you that kyrie would **** you guys over just like he did us and you and others saying “he wants to be here” he won’t do us like that...sure. And now he’s conveniently “invested” in the nets in a contract year. I’m sure you guys should trust him.

Anyways I never intended to derail a thread and I’ve had good back and forths with dark, MDB and others but you are very sensitive and in your feelings for whatever reason buddy. Enjoy the season my man I’m sure everything will work out for you guys!

You guys defended Kyrie like crazy when he was on the Celtics. I was on this forum for all of it.

Don't pretend like that wasn't a thing.

I'm not sensitive because I don't agree with your lazy analysis.

Don't get your panties in a bunch because I challenged your takes.

4 years ago yes we defended kyrie lol....yes. You defended Durant even after the Celtics loss 3 months ago and then had to eat **** over your horribly wrong take. You didn’t challenge anything you’ve contradicted yourself making assumptions on trade packages after you told me not to make assumptions and then inaccurately said I’ve said certain things that I didn’t.

As far as lazy analysis goes, if u have to go back 4 years for something - that seems like the definition of lazy and Celtics fans were right about him in the end just like cavs fans were with us. if you wanna talk about the now I’m actually right.....if the Celtics wanted Durant so bad they’d have offered smart and brown and they haven’t.

Of course that disregards that you lied by saying I said the Celtics will get Durant...nope. They likely don’t and I’ve never said anything other then they have a real shot at getting him if both sides can find common ground which is appearing more and more that they won’t.

Congrats you’ve played yourself and simultaneously derailed a thread where everyone was getting along and offering opposing viewpoints - nets fans, Celtics fans and heat fans even. No one had issues and we had been going back and forth for a month with good convo and interesting takes.

Talk about little dick energy. Oof. Don’t worry buttercup I won’t post here anymore lol.

[MrDollarBills]

Thoughts on this?

This is left field but kind of works
Lakers get Simmons, Curry, Gay for Westbrook, LAL27FRP, LAL29FRP, LAL28swap
Curry, Reaves, Simmons, LeBron, Davis -- Nunn, Lonnie, THT, JTA, Bryant

Celtics get Durant for Brown, White, BOS25FRP, BOS27FRP
Brogdon, Smart, Tatum, Durant, RW3 -- Pritchard, GWill, Gallo, Horford

Net get Mitchell, Vanderbilt, Brown, White for Durant, Simmons, Curry, PHI27FRP, BKN28FRP
Kyrie, Mitchell, Brown, O'Neale, Claxton -- Mills, White, Harris, Warren, Vanderbilt

Jazz get Westbrook, BOS25FRP, BOS27FRP, PHI27FRP, LAL27FRP, BKN28FRP, LAL29FRP, LAL28swap for Mitchell, Vanderbilt, Gay
Jazz get 6 unprotected FRPs and an unprotected swap

I'd rather pair Simmons with Kyrie and Brown than Mitchell tbh.

[MrDollarBills]

If we sign Carmelo as a stretch 4 and KD shuts the f*ck up and plays ball, this roster is championship caliber. All depends on if everyone buys in.

[NetsWorld]

If we sign Carmelo as a stretch 4 and KD shuts the f*ck up and plays ball, this roster is championship caliber. All depends on if everyone buys in.

Carmelo solves our issues at the wing; he can shoot and is very good at the free throw line; just gotta get him to buy into some D. Thank God for O’Neal and Simmons

[Hello Brooklyn]

Never once said Celtics will get Durant...I don’t think they’ll include smart and brown and they can easily walk away and be fine so not sure a deal gets done much more likely it doesn’t. I think they have the assets but won’t pull the trigger so I’ve never said once how “we will get him” get those facts straight.

teams aren’t going to trade for Durant and hope he’ll play there- it’ll be communicated to teams behind closed doors he has no interest playing for them and won’t be happy and certain teams just won’t even bother. If that wasn’t the case he’d have been traded already because many teams know he’ll never ever stay or be happy there. He doesn’t have total leverage but he does have some.

if by defending kyrie- you mean us telling you that kyrie would **** you guys over just like he did us and you and others saying “he wants to be here” he won’t do us like that...sure. And now he’s conveniently “invested” in the nets in a contract year. I’m sure you guys should trust him.

Anyways I never intended to derail a thread and I’ve had good back and forths with dark, MDB and others but you are very sensitive and in your feelings for whatever reason buddy. Enjoy the season my man I’m sure everything will work out for you guys!

You guys defended Kyrie like crazy when he was on the Celtics. I was on this forum for all of it.

Don't pretend like that wasn't a thing.

I'm not sensitive because I don't agree with your lazy analysis.

Don't get your panties in a bunch because I challenged your takes.

4 years ago yes we defended kyrie lol....yes. You defended Durant even after the Celtics loss 3 months ago and then had to eat **** over your horribly wrong take. You didn’t challenge anything you’ve contradicted yourself making assumptions on trade packages after you told me not to make assumptions and then inaccurately said I’ve said certain things that I didn’t.

As far as lazy analysis goes, if u have to go back 4 years for something - that seems like the definition of lazy and Celtics fans were right about him in the end just like cavs fans were with us. if you wanna talk about the now I’m actually right.....if the Celtics wanted Durant so bad they’d have offered smart and brown and they haven’t.

Of course that disregards that you lied by saying I said the Celtics will get Durant...nope. They likely don’t and I’ve never said anything other then they have a real shot at getting him if both sides can find common ground which is appearing more and more that they won’t.

Congrats you’ve played yourself and simultaneously derailed a thread where everyone was getting along and offering opposing viewpoints - nets fans, Celtics fans and heat fans even. No one had issues and we had been going back and forth for a month with good convo and interesting takes.

Talk about little dick energy. Oof. Don’t worry buttercup I won’t post here anymore lol.

Now you are literally lying.

I was not defending Durant after the Celtics series. I was extremely critical of him and was arguing with Nets fans for making excuses for him.

You don't have to make things up about me to prove some bs point.

Yes I'm going back 4 years because its analogous to this situation. Its not rocket science.

The only one who has derailed the thread is you.

Leave and don't come back. None of us want you here. Thanks.

"Little dick energy"

What are a 12 year old girl? Youre embarrassing yourself man.

[Hello Brooklyn]

If we sign Carmelo as a stretch 4 and KD shuts the f*ck up and plays ball, this roster is championship caliber. All depends on if everyone buys in.

I want another backup Center.

Melo is useless.

[MrDollarBills]

Melo still shoots threes at a good clip. It can't hurt to add a stretch 4.

I don't see any serviceable back up Cs left. The stretch fives all got signed while KD was busy sabotaging our free agency

[Rastas]

Melo is unfortunately too slow now to run with the style of play this team is about to unleash.
A back up C is still needed but not in a rush as I believe Ben will put his hand up to play that if needed...... his best ever NBA game was when he played C in a game against Gobert's Utah.
A competent back up PG and another perimeter defensive stud are probably most important needs at moment.
Pity they lost Brown , but a similar type player should not be too hard or expensive to find.
Royce and Warren are A+ quality depth additions and if Ben is motivated then all the Net's who love to shoot are all going to be falling over themselves to be on the court with him.
Looking forward to see what Sumner , Williams and the youngins Cam/ Kessler/ Day'ron/ DDjr do this season , overall things are looking promising if we don't count the 2 Superstar headache's.
Even without any return from the headaches I see this team as a potential playin/playoff team so I will be shocked if Houston grabs the pick.

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I have zero interest in Melo, although he had a great career. I want more athleticism, intensity and D on the floor from the supporting guys, plus Joe Harris and Seth Curry healthy and bombing away.