Kevin Durant spurned the New York Knicks and will sign with the Brooklyn Nets.
Shortly after the two-time NBA Finals MVP made the announcement Sunday, we learned the following from ESPN's Ramona Shelburne:
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If true, it's absolutely mind-boggling that the Knicks would refuse to give KD the full four-year, $164 million max. In fact, it's so ridiculous that it seems like it can't be true.
Then again, James Dolan is the owner of the Knicks -- who have won one playoff series in the last 19 seasons.
Yes, Durant probably will miss all of next season, and he might not ever be the same player because of his ruptured right Achilles. But he's still worth the max.
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Is this just how the Knicks are spinning losing out to the Nets? Or did they really tell KD and his business partner, Rich Kleiman, that they weren't offering him the biggest contract they possibly could?
We'll eventually learn more, but the Knicks received so much heat for reportedly passing on KD that they felt compelled to release a statement about it.
The Julius Randle-Taj Gibson era is about to start. Get hyped, Knicks fans.