Many Nets Questions Will Finally Be Asked Next Week—Unless Team “Knicks-es” Press Conferences
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In one week, NBA Media will descend on the Nets HSS Practice Facility in Industry City hoping to finally get some answers. Following a disappointing 2021-22 campaign that ended with an ignominious sweep at the hands of Boston in the first round of the playoffs, the Nets went through a rollercoaster offseason. Until late August, the fates of superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were up in the air. Irving was perturbed when he didn’t receive the same terms in a max extension that KD got last year and then couldn’t find a team willing to execute a sign-and-trade for him, so he was forced to settle for opting into the final year of the free agent contract he signed in the summer of 2019. Don’t feel too sorry for him—Kyrie is slated to earn about $36.9 million this season.
Many Nets Questions Will Finally Be Asked Next Week—Unless Team “Knicks-es” Press Conferences
Many Nets Questions Will Finally Be Asked…
Many Nets Questions Will Finally Be Asked Next Week—Unless Team “Knicks-es” Press Conferences
In one week, NBA Media will descend on the Nets HSS Practice Facility in Industry City hoping to finally get some answers. Following a disappointing 2021-22 campaign that ended with an ignominious sweep at the hands of Boston in the first round of the playoffs, the Nets went through a rollercoaster offseason. Until late August, the fates of superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were up in the air. Irving was perturbed when he didn’t receive the same terms in a max extension that KD got last year and then couldn’t find a team willing to execute a sign-and-trade for him, so he was forced to settle for opting into the final year of the free agent contract he signed in the summer of 2019. Don’t feel too sorry for him—Kyrie is slated to earn about $36.9 million this season.