Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets are staying together after a trade request that jolted the franchise and dominated NBA headlines was removed.
Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant dunks the ball during the second half of the opening basketball game of the NBA play-in tournament against the Cleveland Cavaliers, April 12, 2022, in New York. A trade request that jolted the franchise and dominated NBA headlines has been removed. The Nets will return next season with their All-Star forward in uniform -- and with their championship hopes intact.
It's unknown exactly why he sought a trade, which came at the end of a turbulent year in Brooklyn. A championship favourite before last season began, the Nets barely made the playoffs and then were bounced by Boston in four games in the first round. But with Durant, the Nets can still be one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference. He averaged a franchise-record 29.9 points last season, and the Nets were bidding for the top spot in the East before he suffered a knee injury that sidelined him for 21 games.
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