Kevin Durant plans to sign a four-year, $198 million maximum contract extension with the Brooklyn Nets sometime after he becomes eligible Saturday, his longtime business manager and co-founder of 35 Ventures and Boardroom, Rich Kleiman, told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Durant is expected to decline his 2022-23 player option and extend off of his $42 million salary for the 2021-22 season.
Durant, who is set to play for a third gold medal with Team USA in Tokyo against France on Friday night, was spectacular in his return to the court this season. He missed his first season in Brooklyn while recovering from a torn Achilles' tendon suffered in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals in Toronto while still playing for the Golden State Warriors.