Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving to sign with Brooklyn Nets: reports

Fox News ^ | June 30, 2019 | Samuel Chamberlain

[C19fan]

NBA star Kevin Durant will sign a four-year deal to play for the Brooklyn Nets, multiple outlets reported Sunday, bringing an abrupt end to one of the most hotly anticipated sagas of the league's free agency season. Durant was expected to reveal his decision in an Instagram post on an account for The Boardroom, the superstar's sports business company. However, Fox Sports and other outlets reported that Durant was bound for Brooklyn approximately one hour before the official 6 p.m. ET Sunday start of the NBA's free agency period.

ESPN reported that Durant's contract will be worth $164 million. The deal cannot be officially signed until July 6 because of the league's annual moratorium.

[C19fan]

I grew up in New York. This is as if someone dropped a nuke on Madison Square Garden. I am listening to WFAN from NYC. Tonight it is going to be epic with Knicks fans needing to be talked down from jumping off bu8ildings ands bridges. One of the reason the Nets is hot is Brooklyn is where it is at now, the Nets have proven over the past few years they are now a well run club, and the Knicks have been and will remain on the worst run sports franchises as long as James Dolan runs the club. The Knicks have been preparing for the past few years to sign two studs and it looks like they will come out empty handed.

[onona]

I appreciate you and all your posts. Thank you.

[C19fan]

Kevin and Kyrie should star in some Welcome Back Carter inspired skit.

[C19fan]

Spike Lee hardest hit. LOL!!!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Kyrie in Brooklyn? No KD for awhile.. Nets may do OK next season.. doubt they’ll ever manage a championship tho no matter who’s healthy. Knicks remain the Knicks.. screwed. Last championship in 1973.

[NormsRevenge]

Kyrie in Brooklyn? No KD for awhile.. Nets may do OK next season.. doubt they’ll ever manage a championship tho no matter who’s healthy. Knicks remain the Knicks.. screwed. Last championship in 1973.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Unless the Knicks somehow persuade Kawhi Leonard to sign, this is an absolute disaster. They got rid of Porzingis for this?

And as a Warriors fan who got to enjoy seeing Durant turn the Warriors from Godzilla into Mecha-Godzilla, nothing but gratitude and best wishes for Durant. We stole him from OKC, so we have no right to any bitterness now that the Nets stole him, and it's going to be interesting watching him and Kyrie Irving - two of the most emo players in the league - try to deal with the New York media.

[C19fan]

https://youtu.be/07Y0cy-nvAg

[stump56]

Wow, KD is damaged goods now. He is a great player but an Achilles injury is very hard to return from. There is a reason it has a Greek god’s name for it. (BTW, i have had an Achilles injury.)

[Vermont Lt]

Good luck with that Achilles, Kevin. Don’t count on Kyrie to be a leader.

[9YearLurker]

Good riddance.

- a Celtics fan

[EEGator]

Beastie Boys are awesome.

[dfwgator]

Maybe Spike Lee will off himself, one can hope.

[dfwgator]

Mavs are going to be a fun team to watch, with all of those white guys.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Ditto.

Kemba for Kyrie is a swap I’d take any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

[Henry Hnyellar]

Yet idiots still call MSG “The Mecca.”

[MinorityRepublican]

Yeah. Achilles is the worst injury you can have as a NBA player.

[RayChuang88]

I've been listening to the WFAN feed from Radio.com and gawd, you'd think the world has officially ended for Knicks fans.

[conservative98]

Former Knicks fan here. Mills and Dolan are garbage! But the Knicks do not need broken down players, they need young talent. Durant wouldn’t have played until about 2021 and Irving isn’t a good clubhouse guy for the younger players. I think The New Jersey Nets will regret these 2 deals.

[Kenny Bania]

The Nets get a cripple (Durant, who I like and hope recovers) and a cancer, team chemistry-wise (Kyrie).

This may end of making the Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett fleecing the Nets took seem like a bargain by comparison.