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    Kevin Durant reminds Nets boss he wants out, says source

    KD reminds Nets owner his trade demand
    Aug 9, 2022
    Kevin Durant tells Nets owner he has concerns about the team's direction under coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks.
    PHOTO: AP

    KEVIN Durant has again told Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai that he wants to be traded, reiterating a request he first made nearly six weeks ago, a person with knowledge of the matter confirmed on Monday night (Tuesday, Manila time).

    Durant also told Tsai that he has concerns about the Nets' direction under coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the perennial All-Star nor the team confirmed details of the talks publicly.

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    The Athletic first reported details of the latest Durant-Tsai meeting.

    "Our front office and coaching staff have my support," Tsai tweeted Monday night. "We will make decisions in the best interest of the Brooklyn Nets."

    This is the latest phase of a saga that began June 30, when Durant told the Nets he wanted a trade just as this summer's free agent period was beginning. Durant isn't a free agent; he has four years and $198 million remaining on his contract with the Nets, who will undoubtedly demand a haul of players and draft picks in any trade agreement for the 12-time All-Star, four-time scoring champion, three-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time NBA champion.

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      NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has never been a fan of trade demands going public.

      "This needs to be a two-way street," Silver said last month. "Teams provide enormous security and guarantees to players and the expectation is, in return, they will meet their end of the bargain. I'm realistic that there's always conversations that are going to go on behind closed doors between players and their representatives and the teams. But we don't like to see players requesting trades, and we don't like to see it playing out the way it is."

      Durant has spent three seasons with Brooklyn, not playing in the first of those years while he recovered from a torn Achilles. He averaged 29.9 points in 55 games last season, after leading the U.S. to Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games last summer.

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      Kevin Durant tells Nets owner he has concerns about the team's direction under coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks.
      PHOTO: AP
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