Nets to go into training camp with both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving still on the roster?

With every day that goes by without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving being traded, there is increasing sentiment among league personnel that one or both stars could still be on the Nets roster come training camp. A source close to the team confirmed that the organization has been in contact with Durant since his trade demand stunned the NBA. Another source close to Irving told The Post that the All-Star point guard not only never asked for a trade, but has had every intention of playing for the Nets — with or without Durant.
Source: Brian Lewis @ New York Post

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
NBA GM: “Kevin Durant loves to play. I don’t think he has it in him to sit out. I’d make him play and try to convince him and Kyrie Irving that this is their best chance to win.”
Updates on the trade market for both Nets stars on @Jorge Sierra. hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumo… – 11:08 AM Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz
From PM: Jazz listening on Mitchell, but Heat offer reportedly doesn’t impress them. And Durant update and other Heat things: miamiherald.com/sports/spt-col… – 9:38 AM Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
Notebook…
— Sources: So much on hold around NBA as Durant drama plays out. Nets taking their time. Third team may be needed
— Kenny Anderson thinks Marcus Smart needed help, loves Brogdon acquisition
— Ainge has a story about missing a birth
bit.ly/3azOiKQ – 9:29 AM Chris Sheridan @sheridanhoops
Amid this morning’s talk that Kyrie Irving could remain in Brooklyn, and that #Nets underwhelmed by trade offers for Kevin Durant, it is curious that they remain 28-1 to win the 2022-23 championship. The words “stay tuned” never seemed quite so fitting. – 8:38 AM Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Now on @njdotcom
No momentum for Nets to trade Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving, ‘they look to be in retrench mode’ nj.com/sports/2022/07… – 8:35 AM Kylen Mills @KylenMills
Caught the Andrews sisters rocking it on NBA Today today… Warriors fans up in arms about a potential Kevin Durant trade – @Kendra Andrews says she’s hearing it’s unlikely, says the dubs aren’t willing to give all their young players up. #dubnation #goldblooded pic.twitter.com/aCtTnuYkyv – 2:04 AM CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Adam Silver on Kevin Durant trade request: ‘We don’t like to see it playing out the way it is’
cbssports.com/nba/news/adam-… – 12:36 AM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Adam Silver: #Nets star Kevin Durant’s trade request isn’t good for the #NBA nypost.com/2022/07/12/ada… via @nypostsports – 11:57 PM Jake Madison @NOLAJake
How the New Orleans Pelicans benefit from Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell NBA drama
https://t.co/JRUPombyVn pic.twitter.com/xOYDde131K – 11:36 PM Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
NBA stiffens take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament — updates in here on KD, revenue, load management, a very cool idea from Adam Silver and more (from @AP) apnews.com/article/bb4af3… – 10:59 PM Tas Melas @TasMelas
I was wrong. I said the Nets would hesitate if they were offered Mike Trout for Kevin Durant. Think it’s the other way around. Check the stills of Trout playing basketball!
Cc @jeskeets
youtu.be/wuiTXk87QUk – 10:38 PM Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Maybe this is Kyrie’s camp trying to get LeBron to force a trade to Brooklyn? AK – 10:32 PM Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
Notebook…
— Sources: So many things on hold as Durant drama plays out. Nets taking their time. Third team may be needed
— Kenny Anderson loves coaching, thinks Smart needed help, loves Brogdon acquisition
— Ainge has a story about missing a birth
bit.ly/3azOiKQ – 10:13 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
#NBA commissioner Adam Silver subtly corrected trade demand to trade request, and said he’s never heard anything to suggest that Kevin Durant wouldn’t live up to his contract and play for the #Nets. – 10:00 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
#NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Kevin Durant: “Its one of those issues that as we move into this collective bargaining cycle – we intend to discuss with our players association and see if there are remedies for this…We don’t want to see it playing out the way it is now.” #Nets – 9:56 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Asked Adam Silver his reaction to Kevin Durant’s trade request: “There’s always conversations behind closed doors between the players & the representatives of the teams. But we don’t like to see players requesting trades & we don’t like to see it playing out the way it is.” #Nets – 9:54 PM Ben Golliver @BenGolliver
NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Kevin Durant’s trade request: “We don’t like to see players requesting trades and seeing it play out the way it is. The basketball was fantastic this past season. I don’t want to be naïve, but I would love the focus to be on the play.” – 9:52 PM Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Adam Silver on Kevin Durant trade demand (or request, he pointed out): “We don’t like to see players requesting trades and we don’t like to see it playing out the way it is.” Said contracts provide security but should be an expectation of “a two-way street.” – 9:52 PM Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
NBA commissioner Adam Silver on the report Kevin Durant has asked for a trade from Brooklyn: “We don’t like to see players requesting trades…” – 9:51 PM Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
NBA commissioner Adam Silver on the Kevin Durant trade demand in Brooklyn: “We don’t like to see players requesting trades. … I would love the focus to be on play on the floor.”
More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com – 9:50 PM Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Adam Silver on Kevin Durant asking for a trade: “We don’t like to see players requesting trades and we don’t like to see it playing out the way it is.” – 9:50 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Kyrie Irving wants to be a Net — with or without Kevin Durant #Nets nypost.com/2022/07/12/kyr… via @nypostsports – 9:30 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
New @FrontOfficeShow is up! @Trevor_Lane and I talked Jazz listening on Spida, latest with KD, in-season tournament, teams angry about Warriors spending and more. Still lots going on around the NBA, so it’s a great time to subscribe and never miss a show!
youtu.be/FbLZlizdSRo – 8:59 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
David Aldridge Q&A on Kevin Durant’s future, Deandre Ayton’s market and more – https://t.co/hhurKrxbuQ via @PHNX_Suns pic.twitter.com/yFvypqnP3W – 8:01 PM Mark Giannotto @mgiannotto
Who needs Kevin Durant when you’ve got Summer League Santi? – 7:51 PM Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz
Amid Durant and Mitchell speculation, Heat GM Andy Elisburg, who’s really good at his job, understandably not tipping his hand. “To have most of our business done is great. It gives Erik extra time ,” he tells @Jason Jackson and @ruthriley00 just now. – 7:45 PM Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Still tentative, but sources say Miami remains the frontrunner to be the “visitor” when San Antonio plays a home game in Mexico City on Dec. 17.
We now resume the Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell watches, already in progress. – 7:39 PM Kevin Durant @KDTrey5
Did u add to your legacy today? If so, what did u do? – 7:21 PM Dan Favale @danfavale
“the miami heat are determined to exhaust all options to get kevin durant”
danny ainge: pic.twitter.com/aY0ldK3brB – 7:02 PM Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA
Three- or four-way coming up. Whoever gets Mitchell to Brooklyn gets Durant. – 7:00 PM Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz
From @Anthony Chiang and me: Jazz listening on Mitchell, with Heat among suitors. And news on Durant, Martin, two way situation, tax update, more: miamiherald.com/sports/spt-col… – 6:35 PM StatMuse @statmuse
Most playoff PPG by active players:
32.5 — Luka Doncic
29.4 — Kevin Durant
28.7 — LeBron James
28.3 — Donovan Mitchell pic.twitter.com/qAfnSIzSIo – 6:05 PM Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
The Knicks should open the Mitchell sweepstakes as favorites imo. Ainge probably wants picks and to tank. I don’t think the possible Miami package helps either too much. Keep an eye on the Durant sweepstakes too. He could easily be folded into that deal somehow. – 5:50 PM Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannix
NEW @TheCrossover Pod w/@Howard Beck: Summer League reax (Chet!), Beal/Lillard deals, KD/Nets update and the NBA’s developing problems with contracts. Links: bit.ly/2w1G5e2 – 4:42 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Victor Oladipo could be the key secret weapon in so many Heat scenarios
They get KD? Well he’s still on the roster as the scoring/defense bridge in the backcourt
They get Mitchell? Well, he has a chance to be a high level 6th man with full reigns
They run it back? Well…… – 4:38 PM Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Let’s just hypothetically say the Heat end up finding a way to get Kevin Durant without giving up Butler or Bam
Oladipo-Butler-Durant-Bam is a wild 4 man group since Dipo can’t be traded at the moment after signing his latest contract
They can plug anyone around the edges there – 4:22 PM Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
For the sickos who like to watch, Tuesday’s @LockedOnLakers pod, YouTube version. Why it could take a minute for the Lakers to land Kyrie, and early DPOY and COY odds for AD and Darvin Ham, respectively. @LockedOnNetwork @LockedOnNBAPods
youtube.com/watch?v=aL0AnK… – 4:09 PM CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Scottie Pippen says he supports Kevin Durant’s trade request: ‘I don’t feel bad for what K.D. is doing at all’
https://t.co/wEWaVJYY6m pic.twitter.com/fZsOmB2iQ6 – 3:46 PM NBA Kicks @NBAKicks
Christian Braun goes with the Nike Kyrie S2 “Tie Dye USA” at the #NBA2K23SummerLeague! #NBAKicks pic.twitter.com/Z9x2kVHigM – 3:35 PM David Hardisty @clutchfans
Woj says Miami and Brooklyn are “going to need a third team, perhaps even a fourth team” to work a Kevin Durant trade. He thinks Phoenix needs the same “help” from another team or two to get a deal done. – 3:13 PM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
David Aldridge gave @PHNX_Suns his thoughts on KD, DA, which team he’s not buying and more: bit.ly/3IubB5r – 3:09 PM StatMuse @statmuse
LeBron’s best teammates of all-time.
Wade:
21/5/5
51/30/75%
200-85 record
Kyrie:
22/3/5
47/39/89%
132-51 record
Davis:
24/9/3
51/30/80%
75-33 record
Start. Bench. Cut. pic.twitter.com/4YKgNzddhH – 2:51 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Second story from Las Vegas is up. On Kyrie’s sideline status, Blake Griffin’s latest wisdom to a Nets youngling and Day’Ron Sharpe’s baptism: theathletic.com/3418110/2022/0… – 2:20 PM Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42
Joined @sagesteele on @SportsCenter
🏀Why the next destination for Kevin Durant could be Brooklyn.
🏀The options in Toronto and Phoenix
🏀What are the chances in Golden St? Think 1%
youtu.be/3Ufj2TXmQfA via @YouTube – 1:15 PM Ric Bucher @RicBucher
Where is Kevin Durant headed? What NBA executives are saying foxsports.com/stories/nba/wh… – 1:14 PM Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz
NEW: A fresh Heat 6-pack, including Jazz reportedly unimpressed with Heat’s Mitchell offer. PLUS Durant, power forward, two way deal and roster updates: miamiherald.com/sports/spt-col… – 12:55 PM Brad Turner @BA_Turner
My dude ⁦@Dan Woike has this in ⁦@latimessports⁩ on: Will the Lakers get Kyrie Irving? NBA scouts and team executives are torn latimes.com/sports/lakers/… – 11:44 AM Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Kevin Durant went dark after the season, but a source said the future Hall of Famer and his agent Rich Kleiman have been in contact with the Nets more recently. There’s not a clear answer about why he’s unhappy. nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 11:35 AM Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Tuesday’s @LockedOnLakers podcast! The Lakers could be waiting a while for Kyrie, plus early @betonline_ag odds for DPOY (including AD) and COY (including Darvin Ham). #FirstListen @LockedOnNetwork @LockedOnNBAPods
Subscribe. Rate. Enjoy. Thx!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bro… – 11:06 AM Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
Story: The latest updates on Kevin Durant trade talks with the Raptors, Warriors, Pelicans, Suns and Heat. Plus, more on where the Lakers stand with Kyrie Irving and what’s next for Deandre Ayton in free agency on @Jorge Sierra. hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumo… – 10:12 AM Get Up @GetUpESPN
“The Lakers are the only team that’s better off with Kyrie Irving.”
—@Kendrick Perkins 😳 pic.twitter.com/cpuBOQjAGD – 10:06 AM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Really enjoyed talking with @David Aldridge and getting his thoughts on Kevin Durant, Deandre Ayton and a whole lot more. Check out the full interview on @PHNX_Suns here: bit.ly/3IubB5r – 10:03 AM StatMuse @statmuse
Most points by active players:
37,062 — LeBron James
28,289 — Carmelo Anthony
25,526 — Kevin Durant
23,477 — James Harden
23,298 — Russell Westbrook pic.twitter.com/9Byl1Q3emq – 9:19 AM

More on this storyline

Another league exec echoed what is becoming a more popular opinion around here: that the Nets may just hold the line and go into training camp with both Durant and Kyrie Irving still on the roster. “We’ve talked to them, and they don’t seem to be in any hurry,” he said. “They’re not panicking, which is very smart.” -via Heavy.com / July 13, 2022 When asked if Irving was also willing to play for the Nets despite the team having had multiple rounds of talks with the Lakers, the source said he was — and that includes even if Durant is traded away. “Kyrie wants to play. … He wants to win a championship, and he wants to play,” the source told The Post, adding Irving and Durant are friends and supportive of each other although not necessarily tied at the hip. “I think when KD said he wanted a trade, he didn’t say I’m going to trade to where Kyrie goes.” -via New York Post / July 13, 2022 There are differing thoughts from sources on whether Golden State is truly interested in re-acquiring Durant. Said one, “I think they’re worried about where KD might wind up. (The Warriors) are in a good spot. They’ve got young guys behind their veterans, and they could be really good for a long time, so I’m not sure they really want KD. But I think they’re worried he might go someplace and beat them — if that team isn’t all depleted from what they have to do to get him.” -via Heavy.com / July 13, 2022 “How did we get into this situation about trade, when he opted in?” the source asked rhetorically. “Here is the situation. He opted in, which means he had and he has every intention of playing with the Brooklyn Nets. KD decides he wants out and now everybody is talking about trading Kyrie, right? -via New York Post / July 13, 2022