First off, who wouldn’t want Kevin Durant?! Second, 2016 is a way away — a lot can happen between now and then — but hey — nothing wrong with getting started on some big plans ahead of time. According to reports, the Brooklyn Nets will target KD in 2016. I’d love for him to come to my city! Not the right team (Go Knicks), but I’d find my way over to the Barclays to watch Durant play.
Hit the jump for details…
Via CBS:
The New York Daily News reports that the Brooklyn Nets’ new big super scheme is to snag Kevin Durant when he becomes a free agent in 2016. From the Daily News:
On Friday , the Nets will chase Kevin Durant around the Barclays Center court, hoping to contain the NBA’s most dynamic scorer. And some two years from now, they likely will be joining the crucial chase for his signature on a contract.
The impending Durant free agency bonanza should start picking up steam next season and will undoubtedly engulf the NBA in the summer of 2016. And make no mistake: the Nets are targeting Durant, the 25-year-old offensive juggernaut, even if it’s too early to predict their odds.
via Kevin Durant and Oklahoma City Thunder visit Brooklyn Friday, and Nets will be chasing his services in 2017 – NY Daily News.
Durant’s extension with the Thunder he signed three years ago expires July 1st, 2016 and barring an extension (which under the CBA he has no inctentive to take as it limits both his salary and number of years), Durant will be an unrestricted free agent, the biggest since… well, let us get back to you after LeBron figures out what he’s doing this summer.
