Report: Kevin Durant Wanted Pascal Siakam on Nets
Kevin Durant is no longer a Brooklyn Net, but that doesn't mean the Nets didn't just let him go. The Nets tried getting Durant to stay in Brooklyn, and their exact way of doing it may surprise you.
According to a report from Zach Lowe, the Brooklyn Nets pursued Pascal Siakam to get Kevin Durant to stay in Brooklyn. Here is the exact quote from Lowe in his podcast:
"I think they told him, 'Hey man, in the summer, we can get some big names. There are going to be some big names who might ask out. We are going to collect stuff to give ourselves a shot at it.' "I'm not going to name who those names are, but I think that's a conversation that was had. "They tried to get Pascal Siakam now in the intervening 96 hours because K.D. made it known he likes Pascal Siakam. He thought he would be a good fit."
Unfortunately for the Brooklyn Nets, Pascal Siakam was never made available by the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors ultimately didn't end up trading anyone from their core roster and kept Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, and Scottie Barnes. There wasn't really an All-Star to get from any team during the trade deadline, except for the ones that other teams got from the Brooklyn Nets. The end result of that, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are now in the western conference.
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