Things are starting to look up at the Brooklyn Nets. Steve Nash has packed his bags, not voluntarily, and Jacque Vaughn is now in place as his permanent replacement, and Kevin Durant is once again delivering the goods.
Durant posted a triple-double as the Nets overcame the New York Knicks 112-85 in a 29-point haul. Brooklyn, as they did last season, was considered one of the favorites for the NBA title this season but started the campaign poorly, but if you are an ardent fan who still wants to back their side to turn things around, then via a visit at sports-betting-ny.com, you can check out which sportsbooks are worthy of your attention while hoping that the Barclays Center franchise is still struggling to hit their full potential.
The win over the Knicks was followed by another win, this time against the L. A. Clippers, but defeat to the struggling Lakers leaves the Nets at 6-8, and Vaughn will need Durant to continue his best efforts to lead the team back to a position that is more in line with their roster’s abilities.
Durant is on a rich, consistent streak that has seen him finish as Brooklyn’s top point scorer in each of the past eight games, and he has also equaled Michael Jordan’s record of starting the season with 13 consecutive 25-point games.
There is growing talk that Durant may leave the Nets, which wouldn’t be a massive surprise given how they’ve struggled to impress. This has been confirmed by an anonymous NBA executive who believes a move to the Phoenix Suns may be on the cards;
“Watch the Suns. DeAndre Ayton finally settled on a four-year, $133 million deal as a restricted free agent (first with the Pacers, but the Suns matched), and he can’t be traded until January 15—he also has a one-year no-trade clause, but he could waive it to get to Brooklyn,”
“Around the league, Ayton is seen as the most proven young piece the Nets could get in a Durant deal. Phoenix would be a great team with Durant on board, and perhaps willing to sell out the future a bit for two or three more chances at the NBA Finals.” Heavy.com’s Sean Deveney concluded.
34-year-old Durant moved to the Nets in 2019, having secured NBA titles in both 2017 and 2018 with the Golden State Warriors, and would have hoped to have achieved more since doing so.
In his first season in Brooklyn, he helped steer the Nets all the way to game seven of the Conference Semifinals, where they eventually lost to title winners the Milwaukee Bucks, but last time around, they limped out in the first round of the play-offs, swept aside in four games by the Boston Celtics.
Meanwhile, off the court, Durant is exploring the possibility of joining the new ownership group of his beloved NFL side, the Washington Commanders;
“In a perfect world, I would be a part of it,”
“I would love to do it. I would love to give a little bit of my money to be a part of the Commanders, but we’ll see.” Durant confirmed.
