Some more offseason chatter today...

Kevin Durant didn't speak to the Nets head coach or GM, or visit the Nets' facility, before announcing he would sign with them.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2728...call-shots

Quote:Nets coach Kenny Atkinson paced in general manager Sean Marks' office, watching the seconds tick off to the official start of free agency. Atkinson couldn't fathom why everyone had forecast them as the favorites to land Durant. Neither he nor Marks had spoken to KD. He had never been to visit the team's facility. None of it made sense to him.

Quote:"Even when I saw it," Atkinson says, "I didn't believe it. Durant is going to leave Golden State? I just couldn't wrap my head around it."

Marks answered his cell phone. He engaged in a brief conversation with Rich Kleiman, Durant's agent.

He turned to his coach, beaming.

"It's true," Marks said.

The New Orleans GM and former Cleveland GM says he didn't enjoy trying to build a team around LeBron. And he (along with the sportswriter) stirs the pot in this article.

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/08/01/david-...-cavaliers

Quote:James’ contagious hunger to deliver a championship for Northeast Ohio dissipated. “There wasn’t a lot else for him,” Griffin says. “I don’t think he’s the same animal anymore about winning.” Many in the NBA now suggest James harbors two priorities: enduring to team with his eldest son, Bronny, and one day owning a franchise.