Kevin Durant’s trade request over the summer helped improve the Nets, Kyrie Irving tells ShamsCharania. 'Without going through some test in the summertime or during the season, we wouldn’t be able to be as close and bonded as we are now.”
“When Kev made that request, I feel like we got better,” Irving told Charania during a sit-down interview on Stadium. “Afterwards. Not initially, but now where we are now, I feel like we can honestly say we got better, with the principles that are needed for success. Without going through some test in the summertime or during the season, we wouldn’t be able to be as close and bonded as we are now.
Irving went on to call Durant “one of the greatest to ever do it” and added that “I think he believes not only in me, but himself.” Since joining forces in Brooklyn during the 2019 offseason, Durant and Irving have played just 44 regular-season games together due to injuries, load management and Irving’s decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Later in the interview, Irving spoke to a recent team outing that he helped organize. In the upcoming season, the Nets will be working to integrate multiple new contributors to the rotation, including former
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