
Kevin Durant opens up on Nets rebuild before helping Suns rout ex-team
NY Post
It was Kevin Durant’s trade request that officially ended the Nets’ window of contention two years ago. Durant has watched their delayed rebuild from afar and insists it’s heading in the right direction.
Brooklyn took a 108-84 loss to Durant’s Suns before 17,077 at Barclays Center — where he, Kyrie Irving and James Harden once formed a potent but ill-fated Big 3.
Durant asked out at the 2023 trade deadline, the last star out the door.
He returned with the Suns on Wednesday, recording 24 points and eight rebounds along with providing well-wishes and confidence that the Nets’ latest rebuild will bear fruit.
Brooklyn fans can only hope, after watching their team fall to 14-31.
Nic Claxton was the only full-time starter available — with Cam Johnson, Cam Thomas, D’Angelo Russell and Ben Simmons all hurt.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












