Author: Michael

O’Neal was asked about the trades of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving ahead of All-Star weekend.
The trade deadline saw a flurry of activity that drastically altered the trajectory of the season, though no team played a more central figure than the Nets. In less than one week, Brooklyn shipped away Kyrie Irving to the Mavericks and Kevin Durant to the Suns, shifting the power balance to the West and hitting the franchise reset button.
The moves, which came after each player expressed a desire to change teams, sparked plenty of reactions from around the league.

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Brooklyn fumbled the bag when they mismanaged an All-Star Big 3 made up of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving.
With a collective 17 games played together and no playoff success to show for it, Joe Tsai’s experiment quickly crumbled.
Last week the final nail in the coffin for the Nets Big 3 arrived when KD was sent to Phoenix in a league-shattering trade to the Suns.
Durant was introduced to the team during a media session on Thursday.

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Arizona reportedly intends to release the longtime assistant after four seasons.
On the heels of hiring a new head coach, the Cardinals reportedly informed Vance Joseph on Thursday of their intention to “release” the defensive coordinator from his contract, according to Josina Anderson of CBS Sports. 
Thursday’s news follows the hiring of former Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon as head coach on Tuesday.

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