Nets star Kevin Durant loved a visit to Saint-Tropez simply days earlier than he doubled down on his commerce request earlier this month in a gathering with staff proprietor Joe Tsai.
The 2-time NBA champion took within the French Riviera as he walked the streets of Saint-Tropez in pictures taken on Tuesday, Aug. 2, — a couple of days earlier than he met with Nets brass that weekend, and proposed an ultimatum to commerce him or hearth coach Steve Nash and GM Sean Marks.
Durant was pictured dribbling a basketball whereas out with a gaggle of individuals, together with a couple of girls, round 3 a.m. The previous league MVP stepped out in a pair of Nike sneakers and rocked a brown hat, a Balenciaga T-shirt, and off-white sweatpants.
It’s unclear if Durant, 33, was on trip throughout his time in France.
The Nets ahead has been touring all through the NBA offseason following Brooklyn’s first-round playoff ouster by the Celtics in April.
On Tuesday, Durant was seen figuring out with Celtics star Jayson Tatum at a court docket in Los Angeles in pictures taken by Boston-based photographer Bred Hampton. That got here after The Athletic reported on the finish of July that the Celtics had engaged in commerce talks with the Nets a few attainable deal for Durant.
Final week, now-viral movies appeared to indicate Durant and his former Nets teammate, James Harden, figuring out collectively on a court docket in Barcelona. Their reunion got here amid a report by SNY’s Ian Begley that “high-ranking members of the Sixers” are considering discussing a Durant cope with the Nets.
Harden, who compelled his approach out of Brooklyn, landed with the 76ers in February.
Durant and Harden attended a Travis Scott live performance on Aug. 6 at London’s O2 Enviornment, the place the rapper’s girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, shared a video of the NBA All-Stars spraying Scott with champagne. The live performance fell on the identical weekend Durant met with Nets brass about his future with the staff.
Durant, who will flip 34 in September, signed a four-year, $198 million extension with the Nets final August. The Nets need a large haul in return for a participant of Durant’s caliber, making it troublesome to land a potential commerce companion.
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