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Even if the Nets don’t get James Harden, it looks like they could get the best of their own superstar. All the enthusiastic reports about Kevin Durant say that he is once again the MVP.
Durant hasn’t played in an NBA game since his Achilles tendon ruptured in June 2019, but players – Nets and others alike – who participated in pickup games with him last month in Los Angeles praised his progress. Now that the Nets are back in Brooklyn and working out at the HSS Training Center, the excitement has only intensified.
“I’m going to be short and simple: KD is back,” center Jarrett Allen told Basketball News.
Other NBA players who played with Durant in Los Angeles, such as John Wall, supported him. Nets general manager Sean Marks confirmed this Thursday night on YES Network, saying the performance team was impressed with Durant and Kyrie Irving, who is returning from season-ending shoulder surgery.
“I don’t think anyone is more excited than Kevin himself to be back on the court. He’s mentioned numerous times that he can’t wait to be back, at Barclays, wearing the Nets jersey and out there, “Marks said. “As far as how those guys look, what we’ve seen, they’ve been back in our gym a couple days ago, the feedback from the performance team on how they’ve looked is that they look fantastic.
“It has been extraordinary to watch Kevin develop and the way he has attacked his rehab over the last year. We are all excited and excited to see him there. “
Marks did not discuss the status of free agent Joe Harris, whom he has called the Nets’ number one priority, and he couldn’t risk manipulating charges by talking about the Harden prosecution.
“Well, there is never a dull moment. I think when you’re a part of some of the rumors out there and so forth, you pay attention and see how far the Nets organization has come, “Marks said. “It’s a crazy business that we live in. Things change your way all the time, and you have to rotate and be flexible and keep that all season long.”
New head coach Steve Nash has acknowledged that the bar for being considered successful is high for the Nets, and Marks didn’t try to manage expectations either.
“I don’t think anybody wants to be a part of something mediocre,” Marks said. “We have a long way to go, we have not done anything on paper. … [But] it’s important that we own the goals at the end of this. For that we all sign up “.
