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Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman have been in contact with the Brooklyn Nets recently, a source told Stefan Body of the New York Daily News.

Durant was not in communication with the Nets after they were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round by the Boston Celtics.

The Nets were unaware of Durant' unhappiness but surprised by his trade request. Their assumption has been that Kyrie Irving's contract dispute with the Nets played a major role, but they haven't been told specific reasons.

The Nets also released Adam Harrington as assistant coach. Harrington is a known favorite of Durant dating back to their time together with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Durant is known to change his mind and always play when healthy, which creates the possibility of the Nets trying to keep him if they can't find a satisfactory trade.

Via Stefan Bondy/New York Daily News

"Sorry KD, nobody loves you. And nobody is willing to trade for past performance. That 30 games/yr avg for the past 3 seasons is putting people off a bit. OK, a lot."

"Those five turnovers per game in the playoffs didn't help much either".

deeps6x wrote:"Sorry KD, nobody loves you. And nobody is willing to trade for past performance. That 30 games/yr avg for the past 3 seasons is putting people off a bit. OK, a lot."

"Those five turnovers per game in the playoffs didn't help much either".

Do not count the recovery year so 45 games per year which is not enough sure but he played in both playoffs he was bad this year but great the year before and yes teams want him name a potential contender that does not want KD..

This season KD averaged 29.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 6.4 assists and played 55 games.