Stephen A. reacts to Kevin Durant requesting a trade from the Nets | NBA Today 

Worst week to have a vacation free agency about to start 🤣

Bro carries espn

Just started the Video…but does this dude have on a picnic shirt and SATCHEL…yeah you on vaca bruh

It’s all Nets news too.

@@brandanholman453 they told that nxgga to get to the closest espn officw immediatly😭

Nice tweet

Bro copied and pasted

Karma works in mysterious ways...

Man lmao

Only way to save it is go to the cavs

😭

lol.

Makes all the sense in the world 😆

Would be funny if He is reunited with bron, KD reunited with westbrick. And it starts all over again

Lol 😂

It's not about being happy it's about doing what's best for you. Teams do it in a heartbeat. Why do players get bashed for it

@@matthewdelgadillo8489 weird comment. So work life isn't about being happy...uh ok.

If these trades do happen, it would mean that KD, Westbrook, Harden, and Kyrie will all be on their FOURTH NBA team. Let's not forget: 3 of those were MVPs

LOL!! Facts

Haha! Simmons is like, Is it something I said?"

For real I forgot all about him

Lmfaooo. Spotlight is on him even more now. He shot himself in the foot

Jajajaja lord have mercy

I can only imagine the blood sweat and tears that come with a 5 minute video call

@@calmdownbeavis7039 on my day off i don’t wanna work for 5 mins😂

He loves his job. Something that a lot of people will never understand because they are so used to waking up & going to jobs that they hate.

@@26zz facts

If espn calls me on my off day I’m not picking up

Facts but everybody talking about the warriors won bc of KD

Facts

LeBron has won before Kyrie and after Kyrie. Numerous players have the same situation as Kd and Curry, why is it such a big deal? This doesn’t make Kd less greater than he is

@@ialn22 absolutely, he is an amazing player. The problem starts when the media end the fans attributed it all to KD. As if the wins were all thanks to him. When he left everyone was saying that they wouldn't win again. And they did. People really underestimated how much a good group can do for the individual. Kd didn't just win because he is Kd, but because he was in the warriors and the dynamic works. It's frustrating I guess, specially for the fans, when they try to put all the merit on a single player

@@Lola-kh9cs thats true. the wins was because the system and how it works and how kd fit right into it. idk why people were saying they wouldn’t win without him if they won before he got there. thats just ignorance. that system did help kd become a better player.

That EGO was his downfall.

💯

Shouldn't have been there in the first place, and he knew it even after two finals MVPS

Can’t have it both ways, kd was getting blasted for being with golden state and most people were saying his rings didn’t count or they didn’t hold much weight since he was with golden state and they didn’t need him. I mean damned if he stayed and now damned for leaving. Which one you want? Lol

the fact he wasted 2 seasons for nothing for all this oh my goodness what a waste of time.

He’s got a sling on. 🥴😏 Not ruining the good threads during his radio shows

Lmao bro look sleepy

He had too much Molly🤫

@@aye2194 😭😭

oh yea I forgot he was supposed to have another surgery on his shoulder

The way everything led up to him requesting a trade after steph won the chip without him is beyond hilarious 😆😆😆😆😆😆

Well said!!!!!!!

WOW. ACCURATE MAN.

HOLD UP steph the best PG of all time? that is factually incorrect

Facts.

Players don't owe anything to franchises (except going out and play), especially when they can get traded on a whim (right, Ainge?). Loyalty is a myth.

@@Luca-yb4sh lol really? The origination gave him literally everything he wanted including putting up with the parasite known as flat earth and KD still failed miserably. There is such thing as being a grown man and having honor. Looks like that’s way over your head. Keep stanning for celebs though.

Boom..elite all time great basketball player but definitely not a leader

You deserve a drink for this comment... this is why I rate Curry over him.. isn't just about knowing how to play

That had nothing to do with trade request he just don't want to waste another year with Kyrie and he's not all in 🤷🏿‍♂️

@@mr.onehundon2437 part of being a leader is getting the troops to fall in line or getting them out of the fold.

i think he is a leader, just more of a leader by example. He's not really a vocal leader, which i think is what is needed on most teams. I'm not certain he really had to say much on the Warriors, despite the fact that i think he did lead by example/actions and not with his words. I suspect Curry elected to take the passenger seat while Durant was there, rather than Durant himself taking the reigns. Just my point of view though. I am surprised that it looks like he is not willing to try to make it work in Brooklyn though.

Loyalty to billionaires is stupid

How do you know there were NEVER complaints, you apart of EVERY conversation Duncan, Curry , and Nowitzki have regarding basketball?

@@qthe6thman it's the fan base not the owners dimwit

bron i think played his contracts out too

@@qthe6thman it's loyalty to the fans

Facts

no cap he to soft he cant the heat it get to hot he run really all the “superstars” now leave except dame

So he didn't carry the thunder to an NBA finals appearance? 🤔

@@tstackz2156 Giannis?

@@tstackz2156 steph hasn't left

LMAOOOOOO

He probably volunteered to come in since it involved Kyrie 🤣🤣

That Harden trade was beyond stupid.

This was negotiating in his contract that why they pay him all that 💰.

Stephen A not in that locker room. Stephen A not a hooper, tf we feeling sorry for? He get paid to talk, analyze and other stuff like that. Who cares?

People still want to talk about those 2 chips they won with KD. Those 2 chips are as solid as any other chip teams have won.

They got 1 legit chip.... The 3 other chips they got were flukes 💯

@@lollol-zo9xy To say any championship is a fluke is stupid since you'd count them as real chips had the other team won🤷🏾‍♂️

@@hadzisaniii THIS

@@lollol-zo9xy 2015 you can argue about cavs injuries. But don’t forget, Lebrons 1 championship against the warriors which was 2016 was riddled with Warrior injuries and a draymond suspension. This last championship I think really showed that 2017 and 2018 warriors still had a strong chance of winning without KD. You can argue that they needed KD but realistically, that money they used for KD could’ve been used on many other great role players. Example, KD leaves and they acquire Wiggins, Poole, and Wiseman.

Kobe did request a trade to the Bulls before they added Gasol though.

Phil Jackson kept him in LA.

And wouldn’t play for Charlotte…

He was also going to go the clippers according to jerry west

@@erikdayne5429 There's a difference between putting effort while sinking and just watching. If you have a superstar like Kobe, as the front office, you're not going to sit there and not surround the guy with talent. That was Kobe's frustration. So what you said is not applicable here. I mean, the dude had to play with Adam Morrison, Chris Mimh, Kwame Brown, Brian Cooke.. I can go on and on...

They won the most games in the history of 1 NBA season. They NEVER needed KD

@@RandySWilson I said the exact thing I didn't need to prove it to me I said to prove it to the naysayers

Those mofos fumbled themselves. They had a franchise bend over backwards for them and appeasing to their every whim and hate the result. And then when it comes to negotiation and the nets are bringing up the report card they got out of them, they bail???? No accountability and no self awareness. This is a lesson learned on the nets FO and I wouldn’t fire them yet. What is a franchise supposed to do when you got two divas running the show.

@@danieldanielson2324 this is going to cause a lockout I’m calling it

Its official Anywhere NY or Brooklyn basketball careers won’t go very far

Yea but Pierce Garnett and Joe Johnson were on there way out to be fair losing Durant, Harden and Irving in their prime is dreadful

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DREAMS 😇

Dallas would have to give up half their team lol… plus they just got javaaale mcgeeeeee

Mavs trade Josh green Dorian finney davis Bertans Tim hardaway n three 1st round picks For Kevin Durant nets get a slew of plug in players n Dallas get the chip lol I’m praying for it

He doesn't want to go to Dallas, lmao

@@elijahtaylor648 😭

Things didn’t just go south. They courted this outcome with how they catered to these stars despite the fact they’ve never proven themselves on their own. KD won with the warriors, but nowhere else did he succeed. Kylie won with Lebron and was a cancer everywhere else he went. You don’t just roll out the red carpet and heed every request and somehow expect it to work.

@@Smallvillefreak well said!!💥💥

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@@Smallvillefreak Right

​@@jackmehoff7311 honestly they in a completely situation. they should have did a complete rebuild 2 years ago

2nd weakest move after his 1st weakest move to go to Golden State

Lol facts

No way! This is the one move he’s ever made in the off season that I do appreciate lol. He waited until Kyrie opted in to ghost him. Master troll lmao.

Kd Go to the heat. Milwaukee.

Whatever it takes to be the man - ESPN is Stephen A’s world

Was thinking the same thing

Kyrie likely getting traded too.

Kd was like “im do what Kyrie did to me last season”

Noo you all dont just understand he probably told the nets to give kyrie the max or he would ask for trade they didnt kryie HAD to take the opt in then said im gone you didnt give my boy his money

@@johalrealestategroup They should trade them both, they should even try to get rid of Simmons, who knows if he's even gonna play next season, might as well let somebody else worry about it and start fresh. Get as many picks they possibly can and some promising young players they can build around.

Remember Stephen A wanted this migraine too. He spent almost that entire year talking about how badly he wanted the Knicks to sign KD and Kyrie, and he threw an absolute fit when they didn’t.

You know he had to throw more disrespect towards Kyrie

This is such a kind way of putting it too.

🎯🎯🎯🎯🏀🤣

@@brucebruce7065 what disrespect? Kyrie is the dude at the job who shows up 40% of the time and then has the nerve to ask for a raise. He's a cancer everywhere he goes

Faxs is e only won 7 playoff games 😂

He will be playing two guys who have previously proven who didn’t show up to work lol

Wait nets fans exist? Are you sure you’re not a disgruntled Knicks fan wearing a funny hat and fake mustache?

Let’s not forget harden n Kyrie was injured or they would beat bucks n hawks n suns to win the chip so it’s just bad luck for y’all n I’m a lakers fan🤷🏽‍♂️

Lol Harden is the reason you thought you wouldn’t win?

Exactly to the trade in 2013 for Paul Pierce & Kevin Garnett. The Nets management never learn from the mistake.

And neither of them are leaders for their team. Kyrie is about as disruptive as it gets and KD just wants to ball. He's not the type to assert himself as the alpha dog in the locker room. That's one reason he picked golden state over OKC back then. That team already had a leader and KD could just do his thing without worrying about anything else.

Kyrie and KD are part of management, running the team like a family, remember?

Nooooo

y'all say this every year 😭

@@_38Baby that’s what I was finna say😂

@@_38Baby because it’s true man, every year there is something to dramatize about 😂 NBA is really the best sports league

@@goonas2157 The moment there's injuries they'll say etc team got lucky because of injuries 😭

yup

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Accurate

Bro i just want one season without it. This could be on tip of 2016 literally if things go to plan

We say that every year lately

Facts. What a 🧁!!!!!

Nah lol 🤣 sounds like a disaster 🤣 porzingous and kd both have bad knees and Beal is overrated..not an impact player lol

beal asked for a trade. Nobody wants to play in a shthole state

Facts bucks in 5

Nah not now KDs best chance to go to DC was in 2016 when Wall was still there instead of Golden State

Worst take under this vid lol talk about delusional 😂

LeBron opened the flood gates

Meanwhile curry dame Giannis and Beal still day 1

Many Suns fans think they can get KD without trading Booker, boy are they smoking too much.

@@DMalltheway aged well lol.

@@idkwhattoputhere9949 yup

KD left the Warriors not Steph. Yall weird yall talk about Curry and Kd like they in a relationship, yall gotta chill. Kyrie not dramatic he just not a sellout and stood for whats right which is something you might never do, you speak like you know them personally, stay in yo lane

Right this is a bad look for KD, unless somehow he can get a championship

I mean yeah I agree the player in question will always have more than zero culpability, but he definitely showed the dedication in Brooklyn. He was led along to believe Kyrie was the architect to get them to a championship and that proved to be a total liability. So, I don't have a problem at all with him leaving and I don't think any less of him.

I don’t blame Kyrie simply because KD wanted him there

Right then requested trades to the number 1 seeds in both conferences. Got over the GSW decision but dude is constantly trying to ruin the league

@@X379 Kyrie as an architect is a joke. He thinks the earth is flat.

🤣🤣😅

NBA off season > NBA regular season

His arm is in a sling

He does get pay like 10 million a year.

“Show up to work” lol don’t think he’s goin to do that now! Lol

@@slapshot68 I'm praying they Trade Durant, Simmons claim mental illness again and Kyrie has to play by himself knowing he have to be on his best or else no contract next year. Lmao

He’s a clown. They still want to play with each other, just not there

And played through his contracts, never requested a trade…

That’s not really a fair take .. seeing as though they were hurt almost all the time

Gotta give him credit for that. Even though I hate ship jumpers

@@TLJohns it is though, finding ways to keeps your team healthy is part of being the leader of the team... Look at the changes warriors made after 2016

Kyrie wasn't playing. Harden was injured and disinterested. They had a neophyte coach. No this isn't on KD.

Wouldnt work though. Ja and KD want the ball. Ja is wanting to be a superstar and he wont give that up to KD.

@@chochobofett5869 Jaren Jackson want the ball as much as Ja does. You dont think Ja would want to pass the ball to KD? 😅

I can see that happening 🤔🤔

Nets will never trade him to Philly mainly because who would they get for him. Philly’s not giving them Embiid, they just gave them Harden so what else do they have????

Kevin Durant…. In Philly…. U can’t be serious😂😂😂😂

Hes nor a free agent lmao

It's going to be a franchise center piece for center piece exchange. A desperate win-now franchise will do it. The Lakers can use LeBron to trade for KD.

KD just told Kyrie to bite him

No Kyrie tried saying he didn’t need a coach

That’s such a dumb take. Yes of course Kyrie is the hero after missing most of the past 2 seasons and being the source for most of the teams drama.

Can they trade both of them to the Hollywood Divas or to The Broadway Drama Queens?

Lmao

Although you are right, at least with KD they will have a shot at a title for a three to four year window. The Suns as currently constructed will not win a championship

Wrong. What are you holding on to "assets" for? Lol. This is the NBA, the league built around mega-stars. You got a chance to get KD, you do it! Pair KD up with CP3 and Devin Booker for the next 3 seasons, and you may win two titles. I say mortgage the future! Fu## them kids! Win now.

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un true, I think Memphis and Dallas will get better, with kawhi back clippers will be better, so I agree with your take, suns have to go after Durant providing Book isn't included in that trade.

@@MichaelBrown-ti1un Yeah no, that's not exactly how championship teams are made. Not all players' play styles mesh with eachother. Go ask the 21-22 Lakers how that worked out for them.

Yes they are kd is worth it there’s no debating that. He’s a top 3 player in the league and shows up to play. He doesn’t miss an insane amount of games he’s not injury prone although he’s had small ones recently. But he doesn’t miss games like Paul George, Kawhi, and Harden due to injury

@@SirYeaouschAlot He is not a leader and needs Steph to win it all

@@SirYeaouschAlot No, they're not. KD will be going into year 15 and has been injured a lot the last 4 seasons.

You replace 8 point game 7 Booker with Kevin Durant, and you're instantly better for the next 3 season. Don't be foolish. Booker was a loser before CP3 arrived and with CP3 they have blown a 2-0 lead in the finals and got reversed swept 4-2, and then meltdown against Mavs, same thing.... Would I gave up Bridges, Ayton, Booker & Cam for KD? You'd have to be smoking crack, but to suggest Booker for Durant is foolish? Laughable.

But the thing is that KD wants Suns or Heat but the Nets could not agree with either if their packages aren't enough cause they are a lot of teams that would want KD fo 4 years so I dont KD is in the driving seat as much

It's an easy decision. Kyrie is better than Westbrook.

@@LJRoss-zv8hw Right now yeah for sure

Lakers like drama. I already see the ESPN shows, if Kyrie goes to the Lakers. Stephen A. then has his both fav topics put into one lol

@@secondc1tysaint143 I don't see any credible sources saying Lakers want Kyrie. I thought espn just hyped this narrative up themselves. You believe Lakers want Kyrie? Where's your source?

@@norpriest521 Dave mcmenamin said kyrie is their no1 target.

Well Kyrie is KDs lover so yeah lol

SAS is a hater of Kyrie and can’t keep his name out of his mouth

@@johnnyyoungll8177 Bruh! I'm listening to this video, and thinking about Stephen A's Rants over the past year, an wondering, "AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARS, AND FEELS HIS HATE FOR KYRIE?" All he did was Blame Kyrie for All of Brooklyn's failures. He's been in KD's ear the Whole year until KD finally decides to request a trade. Stephen A. Clown! Dude is a Highly opinionated Hater who will sabotage another man's career if it is Not in His best interest. SMH!

He shoulda played game 3😭

I'm so happy ben simmons is gonna be trash on a trash team.

Exactly what he deserves

ben simmons is spoiled brat i’m glad this is happening to him , he really thought he was going to be given a championship team on silver platter

Well he kinda did it when he went to the heat

Lmao right like nah dude make it work, You ran from russ now you running from Kyrie, he wanna go to the Suns where he got CP3 and Booker lol nah man Lead your own team

@@NotGoodAtFantssy really?? LOL after carrying the cavs for 10 years with my math teacher, the pumbler,, the Janitor, the principal of my kids school Its exactly the same situation

@@NotGoodAtFantssy he never asked for a trade

Yeah but kd isn't in the goat conversation so it's different

It's kevin freaking durant he can can get you to the finals

I think we all know that the Suns aren't going to deal Devin Booker, even if it's a mostly straight up trade.

@@joemorrison1850 since when has he done that

@@KingloTRG without kd warriors wasn’t beating the healthy cavs as proven the season before he joined. Cavs would have won the ship before that aswell but it was js the goat on the court

Lmaoo that team is BROKEN. They can’t run it back. 0 chance

Bruh! I'm listening to this video, and thinking about Stephen A's Rants over the past year, an wondering, "AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARS, AND FEELS HIS HATE FOR KYRIE?" All he did was Blame Kyrie for All of Brooklyn's failures. He's been in KD's ear the Whole year until KD finally decides to request a trade. Stephen A. Clown! Dude is a Highly opinionated Hater who will sabotage another man's career if it is Not in His best interest. SMH!

Warriors lost Klay for 2 years. He could have played quicker, but why come back fast when it's not needed? What other injuries are you talking about? Iggy? He's made out of paper plates at this point. They were only a handful of times they were rested on back to backs at the end of the season. Why? Because they are already set for the playoffs and lost too many to get the 2nd seed. In fact they lost the 2nd seed to give needed lingering injuries a rest. Most teams do this now and was started by coach pop. I don't think they expected Memphis to go 24-4 without Ja.

Bruh! I'm listening to this video, and thinking about Stephen A's Rants over the past year, an wondering, "AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO HEARS, AND FEELS HIS HATE FOR KYRIE?" All he did was Blame Kyrie for All of Brooklyn's failures. He's been in KD's ear the Whole year until KD finally decides to request a trade. Stephen A. Clown! Dude is a Highly opinionated Hater who will sabotage another man's career if it is Not in His best interest. SMH!

exactly

Then no deal.

Yall will take less or have a disgruntled KD. Yall not in a great position here

Nets fans man 😭😭

@@anthonypierre2094 I guess he going to just be mad for the next 4 years. We not giving up Durant to rebuild or get so so players. We looking to exchange for top of the line talent

Are you REALLY SURE about that?? Like 100% CERTAIN??

@@georgiegeorgie1831 PHX ain't giving up Booker. Y'all will have to settle for their future draft picks and some role players lol

Correction… Kyrie destroyed the nets

Kd mainly left cuz Green was being dumb and pushing his buttons the wrong way.

Kd never said that, all great players have some type of relationship with the coach. Kd loved Steve because he helped him in GS. He definitely didn’t try to destroy a team purposely, and one person cant destroy a franchise. If he was a team killer then everybody in the league wouldn’t be tryna recruit him rn. Definitely not the same with kyrie so lets stop with the nonsense

You're insane. He left the Warriors because he was the most hated guy in the league and everyone was saying that his chips don't worth anything. He most definitely made the right move by leaving GSW and trying to win a real ring. It didn't work out in Brooklyn but at least he gained back a little bit of respect. He'll get a lot of respect if he wins an actual ring.

kd is like a woman who likes attention and is self entitled . He is not a leader and he is scared of the celtics. that broom that he received in the playoffs will have him having nightmares for the rest of his life. wanted to be a man and told the grown ups that he wanted to move out, now the bills are coming due and he realize that being an adult comes with responsibilities and now he wants to go sleep in his friends mansion on the couch so they can bail him out... i dont understand what any team think that kd could do for them in his later years when he couldnt achieve anything in his prime... he rode the warriors coat tail and was given a championship and without the warriors stacking the deck, he would not have won anything

As long as Booker and Paul stay everyone else on the table.

Kd did them the favor

It's his job. If you or anyone else don't like their workplace, they quit and find else where to work. There is no loyalty in NBA. It's a business, just like in the "real world" . Let him do as he pleases , he's in the entertainment business. This is pretty entertaining to me...

They needed to do all those things whether they signed KD or not. They missed the playoffs the season before he signed. He made them relevant again. The culture and management clearly aren't a fit for him to begin with. The reason Curry is able to have such success with GSW is because the system and culture fits him perfectly.

Blame kryie and his awkward ways. KD would still be a Net if it wasn't for Kyrie pushing out Harden and now KD because he's selfish and unreliable. Throw in a Rookie coach and it spelled disaster.

@@UNFITTED1 Word

Lol the lakers are in shambles as welll

@@dominiquebrown2890 at least they won a chip a couple years ago that’s more than the KD nets can ever say

Lebron is simply the most unselfish superstar. He’s the opposite of a ball hog for better or worse and always tries to hype his teammates

@@mattpassos5689 yea a bubble ring

@@dominiquebrown2890 that every team had the same equal opportunity to win, but didn’t. See how logic works?

That's why he's a bus rider, too busy on his phone and in his feelings