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

[Paradise]

The Nets are open for business



The irony in it for me….I just landed a job with the Brooklyn Nets Basketball Academy for elementary students three days ago….

[RHODEY]

Again, we are the talk of the league, free agency and will command the largest trade in NBA history and your poverty glorified franchise get Jalen Brunson.

Better hope he recruits KD in 10 minutes before you get suspended, pal.

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[MrDollarBills]

If KD was 24, I'd be furious. I'm just chilling. Good riddance to KD and KAI. 90% pain and suffering during the 3 years, with a few moments of great joy.

kd is a top 5 player , unless the team gets extremely lucky they aren't likely to get anywhere near this talent ever again . They also have 0 chance at a ring now

Who gives a sh-t at this point?

The original reason why I became a Nets' fan 21yrs ago was because of Jason Kidd, and Jason Kidd consistently led the Nets to vastly better results than these two 'superstar' chuckleheads.

Basketball is a team game, best not involving hopeless narcissists IMO.

KD and Kyrie (and Harden) have been the most unprofessional, least productive star players we've ever had come through here.

[Paradise]

Y'all alright? How y'all holding up?

Never felt better.

This will be the largest and biggest loss, but and also gain in franchise history.

We bout to hit a lick

[Paradise]

Again, we are the talk of the league, free agency and will command the largest trade in NBA history and your poverty glorified franchise get Jalen Brunson.

Better hope he recruits KD in 10 minutes before you get suspended, pal.

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You’ve got a corner on 34th Street and Madison to get back on. Get back to work.

[RHODEY]

Again, we are the talk of the league, free agency and will command the largest trade in NBA history and your poverty glorified franchise get Jalen Brunson.

Better hope he recruits KD in 10 minutes before you get suspended, pal.

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You’ve got a corner on 34th Street and Madison to get back on. Get back to work.

Yeah this corner...

[Papi_swav]

kd is a top 5 player , unless the team gets extremely lucky they aren't likely to get anywhere near this talent ever again . They also have 0 chance at a ring now

Who gives a sh-t at this point?

The original reason why I became a Nets' fan 21yrs ago was because of Jason Kidd, and Jason Kidd consistently led the Nets to vastly better results than these two 'superstar' chuckleheads.

Basketball is a team game, best not involving hopeless narcissists IMO.

KD and Kyrie (and Harden) have been the most unprofessional, least productive star players we've ever had come through here.

This is worse than the Dwill era

[MrDollarBills]

Who gives a sh-t at this point?

The original reason why I became a Nets' fan 21yrs ago was because of Jason Kidd, and Jason Kidd consistently led the Nets to vastly better results than these two 'superstar' chuckleheads.

Basketball is a team game, best not involving hopeless narcissists IMO.

KD and Kyrie (and Harden) have been the most unprofessional, least productive star players we've ever had come through here.

This is worse than the Dwill era

Easily. There's no question.

[MrDollarBills]

Knicks just got Hartenstein for the MLE. Hopefully we can still get Muscala.

[Sean_Weezy]

Richard Jefferson mentioned something earlier today that made sense. He said that the Nets made and were in the playoffs a couple of years ago without Kyrie Irving & Kevin Durant. However, look how everything is now. #BrooklynStyle

Y'all alright? How y'all holding up?

Never felt better.

This will be the largest and biggest loss, but and also gain in franchise history.

We bout to hit a lick

[Papi_swav]

KD and Kyrie (and Harden) have been the most unprofessional, least productive star players we've ever had come through here.

This is worse than the Dwill era

Easily. There's no question.

it is very sad and pathetic how these guys think. I'm done with the divas in the NBA

[Mulhollanddrive]

What do you think your FO wants for Durant?

Suns fan here we just Super Max'd Booker so he's out.

[MrDollarBills]

What do you think your FO wants for Durant?

Suns fan here we just Super Max'd Booker so he's out.

Yeah I saw that

I'm fine with Ayton, Bridges, Johnson, 4 1sts/ 3 pick swaps + salary filler for KD.

[3pt_chucker]

What do you think your FO wants for Durant?

Suns fan here we just Super Max'd Booker so he's out.

From the Suns?

Ayton + Bridges + Cam Johnson + 2 FRPs + 2 swaps.

[bwgood77]

If Nets end up with a lineup of Curry, Harris, Bridges, Simmons and Ayton, that will be a fairly solid long term lineup. Plus whatever they get from Kyrie.

The problem would be mental toughness so it would be good to get a strong personality vet for Kyrie. If they could get something like Lowry and Tucker from Miami for Kyrie plus Ayton and Bridges for KD, that would be a solid team with a pretty bright future to build on. Ayton still has a ton of upside. Amare may help with his aggressiveness too.

If you look at Ayton's FG% from each mid range area, it is elite, better than any C. He also can switch defensively and is pretty versatile. People often say he's spoon fed by Paul but if you just toss it to him anywhere it midrange, he will hit at a very high range.

His TS% of 65.6% considering he shoots 2/3 of his shots outside of 3 ft is pretty impressive. He had the highest FG% in the NBA of players who had over 10 shots. Actually among the best in history, which is crazy given most of his shots were away from the rim, in the short mid range, mid range, or long mid range.

Here is his shot distribution. You can see he has a ton of assisted shots but that's in part because if anyone just tosses it to him anywhere in mid range, he has an elite hook shot from 3-10 ft and a great mid range shot outside of that. Around 59% from 3-10ft, and 55% from 10-16ft. Then like over 46% from 16 ft-to 3 pt range. He will add the 3 too...and was over 39% from 3, albeit on very low volume.

Splits by distance including a shot chart... https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/aytonde01/shooting/2022

My biggest concern with him is the aggressiveness. I appreciate his skills but if he's not assertive what's the point of all those skills.

However, since you've watched more of him what do you think his ceiling is and what are his biggest weaknesses that can be worked on?

Also Amar'e left the coaching staff because the work balance didn't fit what he was looking for.

I think he has enormous upside. But I think people view him as what he should be rather than what he is. He is a smooth shooter/scorer who does show aggressiveness and drives on occasion.

But each season he comes back with something added to his game. 2nd season it was a huge improvement on defense. 3rd season it was efficient shooting all over and a little more defensive improvement. This last season he expanded his range and shot well from everywhere and had an elite hook shot that was like 65%.

Think offensively more like Duncan than some aggressive guy that dunks all the time. And a guy that can stay on the floor on defense in the playoffs and loves the matchups with the big names. Upside still huge. I think he adds 3 this year and gets a little better at creating his own shot and then as time goes on, more aggressiveness, getting to the line. creating his own shot. He sometimes can be inconsistent rebounding.

He is also a great screen assist guy and one of the few players in the NBA who is near the top in contested 2s AND contested 3s. Often times you would notice that smaller players will try to drive around him and they want to shoot but he stays in front of him and they decide not to even shoot and pass out. He is great at contesting and even preventing people from shooting.

Only 23 too.

Sounds like you guys don't want him though.

[Hello Brooklyn]

Any chance the Celtics give us Jaylen Brown?

Thats my #1 deal at this point.

[JoseRizal]

kd is a top 5 player , unless the team gets extremely lucky they aren't likely to get anywhere near this talent ever again . They also have 0 chance at a ring now

Who gives a sh-t at this point?

The original reason why I became a Nets' fan 21yrs ago was because of Jason Kidd, and Jason Kidd consistently led the Nets to vastly better results than these two 'superstar' chuckleheads.

Basketball is a team game, best not involving hopeless narcissists IMO.

KD and Kyrie (and Harden) have been the most unprofessional, least productive star players we've ever had come through here.

Yeah. F@ck them!

[3pt_chucker]

Any chance the Celtics give us Jaylen Brown?

Thats my #1 deal at this point.

Jaylen Brown and what? That's not enough to beat out offers from multiple teams.

[sogood]

What do you think your FO wants for Durant?

Suns fan here we just Super Max'd Booker so he's out.

Yeah I saw that

I'm fine with Ayton, Bridges, Johnson, 4 1sts/ 3 pick swaps + salary filler for KD.

It's 34 year old Durant not prime Michael Jordan.

[Hello Brooklyn]

Any chance the Celtics give us Jaylen Brown?

Thats my #1 deal at this point.

Jaylen Brown and what? That's not enough to beat out offers from multiple teams.

Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart and three first rounders.

Thats the best deal we could get in my view.