The NBA’s offseason just took a startling turn.
The Nets’ acquisitions may have suddenly shifted the league’s balance of power, even though Durant will likely miss all of next season with a ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Durant, a 10-time all-star who won two titles with the Golden State Warriors, is reportedly signing a four-year contract worth $164 million.
Fans on Twitter had lots to say. Some of it was aimed at the Nets’ crosstown rivals, the woebegone New York Knicks, for missing out on Durant.
Live look-in at everyone rushing to jump on the Brooklyn Nets bandwagon after adding Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and DeAndre Jordan pic.twitter.com/PeSIPLuvJR
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) June 30, 2019
Knicks fans, after thinking they were getting Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Zion Williamson and Anthony Davis…and then winding up with none of them pic.twitter.com/ucEZdGioZc
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) June 30, 2019
The Knicks been handing out dumbass, risky contracts for the past 20 years but decided to draw the line… at Kevin Durant?! pic.twitter.com/8NCeqTCe7Z
— 🅒🅗🅡🅘🅢🅣🅘🅐🅝 (@cjgoss5299) July 1, 2019
“We got Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving!”
“We got Kemba Walker!”
“We have LeBron and Anthony Davis now!”
“We just got JJ Reddick to go with Zion Williamson!”
New York Knicks: pic.twitter.com/iy2wKB8A3N
— Barstool RWD (@BarstoolRw) July 1, 2019