Durant has been with the Nets since 2019, but his tenure has been rocky between injuries, losses and turmoil among his teammates.
Kevin Durant, a 12-time All-Star, has asked the Nets to trade him, according to a person familiar with the request who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Rich Kleiman, Durant’s business manager, told ESPN that the Nets had given him permission to find a trade partner.
Durant’s request came three days after Kyrie Irving opted into the final year of his four-year contract with the Nets.
Durant and Irving signed with the Nets in 2019 on four-year deals, but last year Durant signed an extension that goes through the 2025-26 season.
Durant, 33, is widely thought of as one of the best scoring forwards in N.B.A. history. He won the league’s Most Valuable Player Award in 2014
which was one of the four seasons in which he led the N.B.A. in scoring. During this past season,
Durant played in 55 games and averaged 29.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game.
He and Irving came to Brooklyn hoping to win a championship together.
“We want to end our careers together,” Irving told reporters at their introductory news conference in 2019. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/