When the Brooklyn Nets agreed to accommodate Kevin Durant’s trade request on the eve of free agency, they expected to receive overwhelming trade offers.
“The best offer I’m told that the Nets had on the table was from the Celtics,” said Shams Charania of The Athletic on the Rich Eisen Show. “Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and a first round pick.”
On the evening of Durant’s trade request, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that one team who submitted a trade proposal to the Nets for Durant called back with an improved offer. The trade market for Durant never actually materialized the way the Nets postured it would.
The Nets and Durant agreed to move forward in their partnership after it was clear there wasn’t a trade on the table that would satisfy the parties involved.
Durant is entering Year 1 of a four-year, $198 million extension.