“Kevin Durant is probably staying with the Nets!”: Jerry West gets real on 6’10” star forward’s potential future amid rumors of Stephen Curry team-up

Tonoy Sengupta | 14/07/2022
"Kevin Durant is probably staying with the Nets!": Jerry West gets real on 6'10" star forward's potential future amid rumors of Stephen Curry team-up

NBA great Jerry West weighs in with his two cents on the Kevin Durant trade saga, as he asks out of the Nets

Kevin Durant’s time with the Nets may finally be up… or is it?

With the man having 4 whole years left on his deal with Brooklyn, frankly, the only leverage he has, is that he is a superstar. And even that, in this situation, isn’t exactly the most useful thing to weigh over an NBA franchise.

However, even with all this being given though, the franchise seems to be giving some genuine effort towards fulfilling Durantula’s request for this offseason. But, will he really be able to leave?

The logo and NBA legend Jerry West recently revealed his thoughts on just this topic. And well, let’s just say the player isn’t going to love his prediction.

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Jerry West believes Kevin Durant will not be traded away by the Brooklyn Nets, despite request

Jerry West isn’t just an NBA great. Since he has worked with several different franchises in the modern era, he is also a bit of an Insider now.

With all that in mind, his opinion on this matters quite a bit. And well, here is what he had to say.

Take a look at the clip in the tweet below.

We have to be honest here, this does seem to be the likeliest scenario.

Still, this is the NBA. Anything can happen here.

Watch this space.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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