{"id":1596212,"date":"2022-08-09T08:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596212"},"modified":"2022-08-09T08:51:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:51:50","slug":"kevin-durant-to-nets-owner-trade-me-or-fire-sean-marks-steve-nash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-durant-to-nets-owner-trade-me-or-fire-sean-marks-steve-nash\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Durant To Nets Owner: Trade Me Or Fire Sean Marks &#038; Steve Nash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-durant-to-nets-owner-trade-me-or-fire-sean-marks-steve-nash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1596212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cSlim Reaper\u201d nickname might apply off the court, too.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Durant is trying to become both a coach- and GM-killer.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets superstar wants head coach Steve Nash gone, The Post confirmed, and reportedly has demanded general manager Sean Marks be fired, too.<\/p>\n<p>Durant, who requested a trade in June and has not been moved, had a face-to-face meeting with Nets owner Joe Tsai in London this weekend<a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3485297\/2022\/08\/08\/kevin-durant-nets-trade-steve-nash\/\">, The Athletic reported Monday,<\/a> in which he issued an ultimatum: Trade me or fire them.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the Nets have \u201cdirect knowledge\u201d concerning why the 12-time All-Star has asked out a year after he signed a four-year, $198 million extension. Also according to the report, Durant \u201cdoes not have faith\u201d in the direction of the team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/kevin-durant-trade-request-joe-tsai.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Kevin Durant either wants to be traded from the Nets or see Brooklyn GM Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash fired.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"> Charles Wenzelberg  \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Nets did not respond to a request for comment. A message sent to Rich Kleiman, Durant\u2019s business partner, went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to the Nets organization indicated Durant is not the only Nets star unhappy with the team\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyrie Irving hates these guys,\u201d the source said. \u201cHe feels that Nash is terrible and Marks is bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-nash-sean-marks-durant-trade-request.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/steve-nash-sean-marks-durant-trade-request.jpg\" alt=\"Nets GM Sean Marks (right) and head coach Steve Nash speaking to the media\" class=\"wp-image-23375218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-nash-sean-marks-durant-trade-request.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-nash-sean-marks-durant-trade-request.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/steve-nash-sean-marks-durant-trade-request.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>GM Sean Marks (right) said coach Steve Nash \u2014 who was praised by Durant \u2014 needs to fix the team culture.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKD came to the same conclusion,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets have not found a trade offer that would prompt them to deal the all-time great, and according to the report, Tsai and the Nets have made it known they would take \u201cevery last asset from a team that trades for Durant.\u201d In stating the lofty hope for the trade return, perhaps the Nets believe Durant would be less motivated to leave and more likely to report to September\u2019s training camp.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>But as the ultimatum becomes publicly known, it is difficult to imagine an avenue toward Durant playing again with the Nets or showing up to preseason action with a team put together by Marks and coached by Nash \u2014 unless Tsai chooses the player over the organization\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets are seeking a young All-Star and a collection of draft picks for Durant, but finding equal value for a 33-year-old prodigious talent signed through 2025-26 is challenging.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn is coming off a chaotic and wildly disappointing season in which the unvaccinated Irving was banished until December and then primarily could only play in road games; James Harden, dealing with a heavier burden without Irving, forced his way out and was flipped for Ben Simmons, who never actually stepped foot on the court; and the Nets eventually were swept out of the first round by the Celtics \u2014 who are coached by former Nets assistant Ime Udoka, whom Durant likes.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the tremendous flop, Marks said the team culture \u201cisn\u2019t what it quite was\u201d and said it was his and Nash\u2019s \u201cjob to pick that up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Durant, who asked for a trade one day after Irving picked up his own $36.5 million player option, does not want the GM and coach combination to be able to follow through.<\/p>\n<p>Nash had developed a relationship with Durant toward the end of the point guard\u2019s career, when they would work out together in offseasons. Nash then was a player-development coach in the three seasons Durant spent with the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>But it is possible Nash\u2019s stronger bond is with Marks, his former Suns teammate and longtime friend who gave him the keys to a team with immediate championship expectations in 2020. Through an often bizarre two seasons, Nash\u2019s teams have gone 92-62 in the regular season with just one postseason series victory.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1392654719.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1392654719.jpg\" alt=\"Nets\" class=\"wp-image-22829182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1392654719.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1392654719.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1392654719.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kyrie Irving<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJoe [Tsai] has tried to make too many decisions himself,\u201d including choosing the coach, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>After the Game 4 loss to Boston, Durant expressed his appreciation for Nash, whom he has consistently publicly supported, and said he was the right coach to lead the Nets into the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve\u2019s been dealt a crazy hand the last two years,\u201d said Durant, a two-time NBA champion with the Warriors. \u201cHe\u2019s had to deal with so much stuff as a head coach, a first-time coach. Trades, injuries, COVID and just a lot of stuff he had to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of how he\u2019s focused and his passion for us. We all continue to keep developing over the summer and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cSlim Reaper\u201d nickname might apply off the court, too. Kevin Durant is trying to become both a coach- and GM-killer. 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