As Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook’s trade looks inevitable, the players that Nets would need to add in the deal remain the subject matter.
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The tides have turned both in LA and Brooklyn, or probably the whole NBA, as soon as Kevin Durant put in a trade request following Kyrie Irving’s long-awaited opt-in for his last year – a $36.9 million contract with the Nets.
Before KD’s bombshell, the Nets were firm on running it back, with the duo rejecting any approach by the LA team for a sign and trade for the former Cavaliers point guard.
According to Chris Haynes, they are willing to swap him for Lakers’ 47-million-dollar point guard – Russell Westbrook. And with them being on a little back foot, it looks like the Lakers are now pushing it further, getting their demands higher.
The Lakers are asking for Seth Curry while the Nets are willing to patch Joe Harris alongside Kyrie Irving
With the reports of the superstar point guards trade, it has come up that the Brooklyn Nets are also willing to offload their sharp shooting forward Joe Harris, who played just 14-games last term and had to go through three ankle surgeries, two of which were in March 2022.
But the Purple and Gold now think they are the ones who are in the demanding position and would rather have the Playoffs-proven Seth Curry for their title hunt this season than the 2019 three-point contest champ.
Apart from his injury trouble, Harris has proven relatively inefficient in the playoffs compared to his regular-season performances in the last four years, which got him a 4-year $75-million contract in 2020 with over $38 million left over two years.
But Brooklyn supporters are totally against this demand by the Lakers and believe they are the ones who will still be dictating this trade as they are taking a worse contract.
Meanwhile, Lakers fans are biting their nails as well.
