Report: Brooklyn offered Minnesota Durant in exchange for Towns and Edwards
The Nets also demanded four draft picks for the star who wanted to leave, the Timberwolves declined the offer and Towns had already responded with a tweet on the net
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08/07/2022
Friday, 08 July 2022, 08:52 Updated: 09:10
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Where will Kevin Durant play next season?
One of the biggest stars in the NBA entered the player market after asking Brooklyn to be released.
But the Nets do not want to weaken and build only on future draft picks, but to get significant assets for their star.
After teams like Miami and Phoenix were mentioned as candidates to take on Durant, tonight it is reported in the US that Brooklyn offered the Timberwolves a huge trade for KD in which they demanded no less than Carl Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards and four other draft picks. The two Minnesota stars, who have not really seriously considered agreeing to such a trade not even on Durant, who has suffered some serious injuries in his career and flew with Brooklyn already in the playoff round against Boston last season.
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Towns' reference to this rumor
Worth a lot, but not so much.
Durant (Photo: GettyImages, Maddie Meyer)
Towns by the way, has already managed to address these rumors with a tweet announcing "We Locked In".
As you may recall, Minnesota, which had a great season last year and advanced to the Western Conference playoffs, earlier added Rudy Gober, Utah's excellent defensive chin in recent years who along with Towns completes perhaps the strongest front line in the league.
Towns and Edwards were the two best Minnesota players in the playoffs, where the team was eliminated in six games by the Memphis.
Edwards led with 25.2 points per game and 4.2 rebounds.
Towns was a little behind with 21.8 points and nearly 11 rebounds per game.
Minnesota has DiAngelo Russell in the back line and along with Gover, this team can go very far next season, all the way to the later stages of the playoffs.
On the way to the Lakers?
Kyrie (Photo: GettyImages, Sarah Stier)
* Against the backdrop of rumors that he might move to the Los Angeles Lakers, Kyrie Irving will be seen tonight in Los Angeles in a game of the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks team.
As a reminder, Kyrie took advantage of the option and extended his contract at Brooklyn for another season, but that doesn’t really mean he will stay at the Nets, and is reportedly likely to partner with LeBron James, the player with whom he won the championship in Cleveland.
According to reporter Mark Stein, rumors of a trade with Kyrie are affecting the mood of Russell Westbrook, who will likely be the one to be helped to Brooklyn.
"Russ hears the noise about the talks, and that may raise questions about whether Irving will not come in the end," Stein claims. Enormous behind the scenes. "
* So far in the Golden State break they have lost four players at Perry Agency: Juan Toxano Anderson has moved to the Lakers, Gary Peyton II has moved to Portland, Otto Porter Jr. has decided to sign in Toronto - but according to Drymond Green, the most influential departure is that of Nemanja Belicza, who moved Play in Turkey.
"It's Moses and it hurts me a little bit, because I had the opportunity to develop a great friendship with without, which, to be honest, will continue even after he or I play basketball," Green said. And he wants to be close to family. "
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