The Nets’ Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving era officially ended Thursday night, along with their title hopes. General manager Sean Marks had no choice but to acknowledge how difficult it was to trade Dura…
how difficult it was to trade Durant in the wee hours Thursday morning
Except fate didn’t agree. Back luck, bad chemistry, bad coaching, bad whatever, that trio played just 16 games together — with their last coincidentally coming against Chicago, also the Nets’ foe Thursday night. “I look at it internally and say as well, it didn’t work. Let’s be honest there. We did not reach the full potential of where we thought we’d could get to, our hopes and honestly beliefs,” Marks said. “But again, I look back and we’ve done a lot of thinking and soul searching on this and we said, well, we did everything we possibly could to maximize this organization’s potential, to have ourselves in the conversation for a championship.
At that point, Marks and team owner Joe Tsai convinced Durant to stay. But this time he wouldn’t be swayed, presumably pushed over the edge by the Irving deal.Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post“These are discussions between Kevin, myself, Joe, Rich [Kleiman, Durant’s manager],” Marks said. “It’s been a great partnership all the way along, around Kevin’s tenure. They’ve been great to us. These are ongoing discussions behind closed doors, but they’re honest discussions.
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